ilikebikes,
Best wishes for your friend. That sounds painful. Don't worry about the damn bike. It's an inanimate object. The human being is all that matters. Once he is ready, he'll get the bike. Focus on being a friend as you are clearly doing. Good people make for good cyclists. Crappy, self absorbed, uncaring, reduced people make for the type of cyclists we all see much too often. It ain't about the bike. It never has been and never will be.
I find it an absolute affront that anyone would even ask about the bike or mention it in any way other than how it pertains to the person. A human being is hurt. A human being. This is what we've come to? Not on my watch. Not without comment, anyway.