FARMINGDALE -- The prognosis has improved for a young Farmingdale man injured in a motorcycle crash almost a month ago.

Andrew Gray, 19, moved to a rehabilitation unit this week at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston.

He has been at the hospital since the Nov. 8 accident on Ryder Road in Farmingdale, and was in a coma the first 10 days.

"Andrew is doing great," said his father, Donald Gray, Tuesday. "He's walking, but he's wobbling like a Weeble. He's doing really well considering what he's been through."

The 6-foot-4 Andrew Gray called his father Tuesday to announce he'd eaten all his lunch.

"It was a welcome phone call," said Donald Gray, a substitute teacher at Cony High School. "He lost so much weight he almost looks anorexic."

Gray said his son has no memory of the accident, in which his head clipped a tree while riding his motorcycle near his home. He was not wearing a helmet.

"The only thing he knows about the accident is what we told him," Donald Gray said. "The doctor told him, 'You probably won't ever remember that, and it's probably a good thing.'"

Gray said his son now has short-term-memory problems. "It's hard for him to comprehend new things," he said.

Gray said his son is hoping to come home in a week to continue therapy as an outpatient.

"The motorcycle is in good shape," Gray said. "It was Andrew's head that hit the tree."

Betty Adams -- 621-5631

badams@centralmaine.com