[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Whole body donors
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In a message dated 3/17/2007 11:59:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Msg: #5 in digest
From: "Margery Golant" <mgolant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: P.S. RE: Re: SELCH & Can Ch Monte Alban UDT
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 23:56:26 -0400
P.S. To me, it is so sad and disrepectful to the memory of an animal who
loved his people to do that to him. I do not mean this in any way as a
judgment or criticism of anyone who is ok with it or who may have done it -
maybe some think that is silly, undoubtedly not everyone agrees, but to me
they are family members, and I cannot imagine mutilating them, then
eeeek....
I have done wills for people who wanted their bodies donated to science.
After their deaths, their families were so horrified at the idea, they
refused to adhere to those instructions. It is not a concept that most loved
ones can handle, even though it may assist in the study of anatomy.
Marg, my 90 yr old grandmother passed away last January. She was a whole
body donor to the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in NJ. This didn't
bother
me at all, it was her wish. I am sure many people cannot understand this and
that is ok, I try to explain it if I can and explain how I felt about it and
how my family feels about it. The school just had us up there for a
memorial service in thanks of the past year's donors and their speeches and
thankfulness were very comforting as well as profound in the amount of emotion
projected. No, they knew none of the "cadaver's" names.....but one student
wrote a
piece that was shared about that very issue and was moved to tears as the
names of the donors were read as he felt that was something someone should
never
be denied; their name. I know my Nana provided a very personal, extreme gift
to a group of students she did not know, they knew that and I know that. But
what now do they know as a result of having this privilege? I am sure it is
quite a bit. I was glad to be able to attend a function and hear her name
called just one more time and have others remember the incredible generosity
of
this woman I loved so very much. They have her body, Alzheimers Disease had
her mind......God has her soul and I have my memories.
Guess I just felt like sharing. If anyone is interested in any of this or
has a question about it they can email me privately, I don't mind.
Cherri
Stan says "De asini vmbra disceptare"
Eastgsd
Cherri Pursell
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