Two weeks ago, our son, David, began his six-week trip in Asia with several of his friends. He’d been working full time for over two years, and had been planning this for even longer. This was his vacation of a lifetime before medical school.

Two days into it, he and a buddy were in Vietnam riding motorcycles, and David was injured. A scraped knee and forearm, and an injured wrist; he was hoping it was only a sprain. However, after getting it x-rayed, it was clear that he needed surgery r...