Dissected Today

We started our actual dissecting today and it was crazy! When we got there, they were 'flipping the bodies' from their stomach to their backs, then the professor got up started cutting on the first one to show us what to do. I was doing pretty good, and really quite into it (more than I expected) then all of the sudden I got that clammy, sweaty "oh crap I might throw up" feeling!! I decided I needed to leave and head towards the bathroom just in case. I got a drink of water then went in the bathroom and just stared at myself in the mirror, not giving myself a pep-talk, per se, but definitely getting myself together and my head back in the game. When I went back in the room, they were already at the tables and doing work. Tim hadn't started cutting yet but another guy, Simone, was working on the right side of the back. I watched for about a minute then told Tim I needed to get in there and cut, so he handed me the scalpel and I started peeling back the skin. At first it was pretty weird, but I knew that if I didn't start doing something and get over the 'shock factor', I'd end up having issues again. I cut for a few minutes, peeling skin, then knew I'd done enough and would be ok, so handed the scalpel back to Tim and let him do the majority of the work. I just played the assistant role to him mostly. It is so interesting and truly amazing though. I just can't imagine going through classes like this and still coming out and believing in evolution. It's just not possible for me. I often will sit in there and joke about "Man, evolution is an AMAZING thing!!!!' We will now be dissecting every Monday and Wednesday and then have Saturdays and Sundays open at the school where we can go in there and work if we want to.

Here's a couple pictures of a few of us before labs.

Dr Diana Lam, Dr Kelly Milano, Dr Deanna Farless


Dr Lam, Dr Milano, Dr Farless, Dr Bakkar, and Dr Gundelfinger