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embalming class started today. it was ultimately wicked but a little frightening.
we watched a weird power point/ 80's video that walked us through the embalming process. with an old lady body.
she did look much nicer in the end. in the face anyway. but jesus, they did some weird shit to her.
like making an incision in her shoulder and then digging around with their hands for the left common carotid.
or sewing her mouth shut, or spraying her eyes with disinfectant before putting 'eyecaps' in them and gluing them shut.
we get our own bodies on tuesday. i'm pretty much a lot nervous.
i don't want to sew people's mouths shut.
eh.
i named the old lady phyllis. but she probably had a name.
p.s. they covered her groin with a cloth in the video. which i found ridiculous. i mean, one day we'll be stuffing it with cotton, i don't think we need to be spared. jesus.
the end.

