We say that too! 

He's an incredible person. You can read his story in a book by Dr. Michael
Sabom - Light and Death I believe it is. 


Joyce Weems
Pathology Manager
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
404-851-7376
404-851-7831 - fax

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Greg Dobbin [mailto:dobbin@Upei.CA] 
Sent:	Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:58 PM
To:	Weems, Joyce
Cc:	histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject:	RE: The future of Histotechs

Joyce,
That's an incredibale story about holding his own heart in his hand; 
but I think he needs to find a way to wear it on his sleeve!! ;-)
Cheers!
Greg
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Date sent:      	Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:59:09 -0400
From:           	"Weems, Joyce" 
Subject:        	RE: The future of Histotechs
To:             	'Andrew Shand'
,
	"Histonet (E-mail)" 

> I know - I'm concerned that may happen here with HIPAA- but we'll educate
as
> long as we can!
>  
> Joyce Weems
> Pathology Manager
> Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> 404-851-7376
> 404-851-7831 - fax
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Shand [mailto:Andrew.Shand@north-bristol.swest.nhs.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: Histonet (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: The future of Histotechs
>  
> If you worked in the UK Joyce you would find it impossible to do that.
Our
> response to the Alder Hay scandal has been to produce an environment in
> which, though we can host the plastinated body exhibition,  none of us
would
> contemplate such educational activities - even if we had full consent,
> permission forms pasted all over our tired little bodies.
>  
> Andy Shand
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Weems, Joyce [mailto:JWEEMS@sjha.org]
> Sent: 24 October 2002 15:11
> To: HISTONET@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: RE: The future of Histotechs
>  
> We have a collection of specimens that we loan to health care
professionals
> to show in schools in the area. The response is amazing. Our employees and
> physicians use them often for their children's science/health class. We
have
> slices of lungs  - normal, emphysema, and cancer, a heart-lung combo with
an
> embolus, several hearts - bypass, normal, valves, etc.  liver - normal and
> alcoholic, kidneys, and a brain that are the most popular ones. We talk
> about smoking, too much alcohol, not eating properly, etc. When I do this
(I
> have been requested a couple of times)  I talk about Histology - taking
> along a poster board showing the process of handling a gallbladder - and
> then show a collection of stones. 
>  
> I will now request that we all talk about this profession - sent the ASCP
> powerpoint program to a doc just now! 
>  
> One of the most amazing things is that we have a heart transplant patient
> who does this. He requested the specimens at the suggestion of one of the
> nurses a couple years after I started working here. We got to know each
> other and became friends. He had a life changing spiritual experience
> shortly before he received his new heart, in fact a death experience, and
> has become a spiritual and educational mentor for many young people. When
I
> came here we had hearts everywhere - and I got the bright idea to find
his.
> Our pathologist allowed me to give it to him. He not only speaks at
schools,
> but at churches. When he brings out his very own heart, everyone is
touched
> and amazed. (I tell him he is the only one I know who truly has his heart
in
> his hand!)
>  
> Joyce Weems
> Pathology Manager
> Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
> 404-851-7376
> 404-851-7831 - fax
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Greg Dobbin
Pathology Lab
Atlantic Veterinary College, U.P.E.I.
550 University Ave.
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Canada,  C1A 4P3
Phone: (902)566-0744
Fax: (902)566-0851
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