MY FIRST: Dead Body (Conclusion)

Um.. yeah. I changed my mind about posting Part II. Let's just say witnessing 2 adult autopsies was ok but when they brought out a 5 month old infant, I went numb. The pathologist asked me to help by holding the chart and recording info as she dictated. I couldn't even watch and when I looked at the chart I saw the boy's name. Knowing his name made it so real. As I stared down at the chart my teardrops kept smudging everything I wrote. We all left that day a little hollowed but with a whole new respect for the men and women who do this daily. I was supposed to go to dinner with my boyfriend that night and I remember putting on a perfume called Tea Rose. That was the last time I ever wore that scent because I will forever associate it with a formaldehyde smell.

The End

Unfortunately my first dead body was far more interesting than the majority of my firsts (first love, first car, first break-up). Thus ends that short lived series...