I was the mom who did it
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 11:50 pm
Hey Elisa,
I was the mom who dit it and I thought it was great. It really brought to reality how wonderful we are made. There were 12 cadavers in the lab I went to. (my daugter's PT is a teacher at the PT school. Some of the cadavers were face up, some were face down. Soo you got to see both aspects....the brachial plexus nerves running down the arms as well as the muscles on the back that are moved in the secondary surgery. I also got to pull on tendons and move their fingers....important to me because our daughter might have to have tendon transfers for finger function. One cool thing was one cadaver that they had done a laminectomy on.....so the whole spinal cord had been dissected out. I got to see the dura and the spinal nerves which act as the roots for the nerves which exit the spinal cord. I even got to see what arthritis looks like in a joint. I have to admit....the smell was pretty strong. Even with glasses and a mask on, some bodies had so much formulin in them that it burned just to stand over them. I was bound and determined though to make it through. The bodies were not at all what I had expected them to look or feel like. I expected to be really grossed out especially since I cannot stand seeing people in caskets. But this was much different. I enjoyed the experience and do not regret it one bit. In fact I may go back for another look next semester. So if you have the opportunity go for it.
Kelli
I was the mom who dit it and I thought it was great. It really brought to reality how wonderful we are made. There were 12 cadavers in the lab I went to. (my daugter's PT is a teacher at the PT school. Some of the cadavers were face up, some were face down. Soo you got to see both aspects....the brachial plexus nerves running down the arms as well as the muscles on the back that are moved in the secondary surgery. I also got to pull on tendons and move their fingers....important to me because our daughter might have to have tendon transfers for finger function. One cool thing was one cadaver that they had done a laminectomy on.....so the whole spinal cord had been dissected out. I got to see the dura and the spinal nerves which act as the roots for the nerves which exit the spinal cord. I even got to see what arthritis looks like in a joint. I have to admit....the smell was pretty strong. Even with glasses and a mask on, some bodies had so much formulin in them that it burned just to stand over them. I was bound and determined though to make it through. The bodies were not at all what I had expected them to look or feel like. I expected to be really grossed out especially since I cannot stand seeing people in caskets. But this was much different. I enjoyed the experience and do not regret it one bit. In fact I may go back for another look next semester. So if you have the opportunity go for it.
Kelli