Re: the xray, my poor wife's 3rd outing on a street bike, she hunkered down (mimicking her instructor) and began to power through a yellow light. The instructor, with no warning, changed her mind and stopped abruptly. My wife's right handle bar hit the instructor's left (fully stopped) handlebar, and my wife was thrown sideways (to the left). At the ER I noted she had no road rash, which at the time I thought was a blessing. Unfortunately I learned later that rather than slide forward, all her momentum went to her left elbow (maybe a bit to her left knee too) and the rest... is history.
CT Scan - the pie-shaped piece is just one of the breaks:
Additional bad news was we were scheduled to get on a plane 6 days later for a week-long graduation for our daughter from the Naval Academy.
We found a specialist - an orthopedic - and he said we needed a specialist. WTH? He referred us to a hand-and-elbow ortho surgeon, who worked us in and worked his magic, and today she's (nearly) as good as new. I was AMAZED at the ability of the doc to put that back together again. Side note - he had to cut a perfectly good bone in two just to get to that joint and put it back together again!)
Our medical insurance system may be messed up in this country, but our medical care is amazing! My $.02.