In Gross Anatomy this summer I've had to dissect a cadaver. This was one of the reasons I didn't want to go to medical school. I didn't think I could do cadaver work. So when I found out I would have to do it for physical therapy I was a little freaked. I had worked in a hospital helping out with wound care and must admit I almost fainted twice because of things that I saw. So I wouldn't have been suprised if I had fainted the first day of lab. But these past few weeks haven't been all that bad. So I've been up to my elbows in fluid, fascia, and viscera. I am still constantly fascinated with the human body. And I haven't fainted once.
We named our cadaver Big Al. He must be about 5'9", but he is a very skinny thing. Anyhow, we took his heart out the other day. It was incredible. Here I was holding this man's heart in my hands. This heart used to be the thing that kept him alive. It would beat day in and day out. It beat fast when he was ten years old riding his bike as fast as he could. It felt like it skipped a beat when he saw the love of his life. It hurt whenever he was very sad. And then one day it stopped. And now I had it.
What an honor to hold someone's heart in your hands. :)
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