I am a rookie forensic pathologist blooging my way through the first year on the cutting room floor. It's graphic in here-- there's blood and worse. Look away or read on: it's up to you.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Goo guy

So we have a wish list of cases we're supposed to see before we graduate fellowship and one of the things on the wish list is "skeletonized." One day, I walk in and get this fascinating case that all starts out with a guy finding a skull in the trash. My co-fellow still hadn't gotten a "skeletonized" yet.

A couple of weeks later, we're talking with one of the investigators and she's saying there's a skeleton out in the desert lying half-frozen in a pile of what used to be flesh but can now only be described as "goo" and we start referring to him as "goo guy" while my partner cringes in anticipation.

The next day, guess who gets "goo guy"...