PORTLAND -- The man who slammed into a cyclist with his car while trying to steal beer from a grocery store in Northeast Portland pleaded guilty in court Thursday.

Eric Davidson was hit on May 10 and then left lying in the street as Jeremy Jordan fled.

Police said Jordan was trying to buy beer from the Safeway on NE Fremont Street but the clerk refused to sell it to him, since he appeared drunk, so he took off with the beer and jumped into his car. As he sped away, police said Jordan hit Davidson, who just happened to be riding by at that moment on his bicycle.

Davidson, a 36-year old mortgage broker and avid outdoorsman was unable to walk or talk after the accident and suffered brain swelling. He was getting treated in the trauma recovery unit at Legacy Emanuel Hospital.

His wife, Anna-Carin Davidson spends most of her days at his bedside.

“Something that I’m telling my friends is enjoy your life, cause you never know if it is going to change or when,” Anna-Carin told KGW.

Meantime, Jordan, 30, was captured because his license fell off during the crash, so police were able to track him down quickly. He was charged with DUII and felony hit and run in the case and pleaded guilty in court Thursday. Jordan will be sentenced in November and could face up to six years in prison.

Anna-Carin keeps family and friends aware of her husband's progress through a blog she created online.

Blog: Read wife's daily updates

The latest blog entry, dated Oct. 23, says Anna-Carin felt it was a "big day" in court and learn that the case will no longer be going to trial, since Jordan pleaded guilty Thursday.

She also said Davidson had a very positive day with his therapists on Thursday and was smiling a lot.

"He’s doing so much better and he keeps on surprising his therapists and making them and all of us proud," she wrote. "Eric walked with a walker without assistance, which is what he did just a few weeks ago and now relearning this again; he did great... it was so nice to see him smile again."

The blog started as a way to update friends and family. But, according to Anna-Carin, it’s since expanded to a personal journal with hundreds of followers.

“I had strangers come up to my house with food, flowers from all over the country, food baskets, it is amazing,” she said.