Rhonda Kale on fri 19 aug 05
I have been about a week behind in reading my mail due to our construction project going on (doing in our patio into Sunroom). I sorta did a bit of a double take when I saw the cadaver thing. I am sure it might be interesting but for me it would take on an entirely different meaning.
Several years ago, my maternal grandmother passed away. Years ago, she had been hit by a very drunk truck driver in a horrific accident in which he hit my grandmother, killed my aunt, killed my grandmother's two friends as they were walking across the street/edge of sidewalk. My mother witnessed it and it affected her deeply the rest of her life. Anyway, it physically did a great deal of damage to my grandmother's body. Almost every bone was broken and she was lucky to have ever walked again. She struggled with her adversity for many years. After she became elderly and needed more care, she went to live in what was a nursing home/long term care facility. We were called and told her kidneys were failing and she would not last very long at the present rate. The doctors wanted her to go on diayalisis. Grandma said no. She had lived a long life, she said. She was tired and it was time to "go home." She knew that she was dying and made all arrangements for the donation of her body to
the University of Cinncinatti Medical School. She said that she wanted something good to come out of all of her misery and she laughed that it was the only darn way she would ever get into Medical scho
ol. After her death, she was used for gross anatomy classes and afterwards, her remains were cremated and buried.
I would not go to an exhibit simply because it would make me very uneasy about the "cadaver issue." For me-I would see my Grandma in every slice or crossview. Just a bit too grisly and close to home for my taste. If you have an anatomical mind and are of the scientific perusausion, then it might be up your alley.
Just another perspective,
Rhonda Kale
Potters Council Member
claysinger@earthlink.net
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