[Limoges]

Picked up my rib from the Pathology Dept. at MGH today. It's actually kind of gross, looking sort of like a hybrid of a lobster claw and, well, something you'd find on your plate at a bbq joint. They drained the formalin off it and replaced it in the specimen container, inside a take-out type container. Admittedly, I was sort of ooked out by the numerous attachments. I think I was expecting a more sun-washed Georgia O'Keefe type thing, but no. Now I need to figure out how to clean it (bleach?) and where to put it in the mean time.

My family has taken to moving the container around the house with little notes attached ("miss you!", etc.) I was exhausted from the trip to the hospital for a visit with my surgeon today. So my hilarious husband started scratching on the bedroom door (apparently that's what a rib sounds like, in case you wondered) pretending to be the body part in question. The entertainment value has proved priceless so far. Halloween will never be quite the same.

Anyway, I think the best approach is to bleach the rib. I need to research this as I'm not sure of the chemical reaction bleach has with something that's been soaked in formalin. My husband suggested giving it to the dog or tossing it on the grill. Ugh. Perhaps it will wind up in the garbage!