Happened to me as well. I was 27, am now 35, and high sided my CBR900. It broke in half and almost came through the skin. The doc wanted to pin it and he asked if I was going to continue to ride any time soon and that was a stupid question...of course I was. So I just got the sling so as not to plung a pin in my neck if I crashed again. I went riding about a week later and it was painful but one must ride. It did take about 3 months to heal and was very uncomfortably to sleep as it moved around through out the night. I crashed again about 6 months later and slid on bumpy grass on the same broken bone. Got up thinking I broke it again but like the doc said "It will heal stronger than before". Your wife will be fine but sorry to hear about that as I would be upset if that happened to my wife. So cook dinner for a while and all will be well...maybe.
