A trip to the morgue
Mood:  sad
As macabre as it sounds in the tittle it isn't. Today a friend of mine passed away suddenly..she was only 54 years old and her next of kin needed a ride to the hospital to do what is now required under the circumstances. The charge nurse or what ever her tittle is led us to the back of the hospital thru several sets of doors that can only be opened with an employee badge with proper access, In a small room similar to and examination room she lay on a gurney, covered except for her head by a white sheet...she looked like she was asleep except for her purple lips and ashen face, a bag with her personal effects below her, we viewed her from the hallway and were told we could go in the room which we refused. Not like in the movies or television ...behind a glass window...the sheet being pulled back...a gasp....then sobbing...melodramatic crap! What happens next is that the body will be sent to the state medical examiners office for a post mortem to determine the cause of death, and since she and her next of kin are poor she will probably be buried in a paupers grave or cremated. I was shocked and reminded of our mortality. Surely this is an experience that I do not wish to repeat.