Human Body Exhibition at Abasto
J.D. and I met late yesterday morning to check out Bodies: The Exhibition. The fascinating aspect of Bodies lies in its presentation. The intricacies of the human body are broken down to individual systems and elements so even someone such as myself with medical naiveté can appreciate its complexity. It presents whole body and bone cross sections, skeletons, muscles, and much more. Hopefully I’ll be able to see the rest of the presentation when I return with my rain check.
About 10 or 15 minutes into the tour, J.D. started to feel lightheaded. Before I knew it, he started stumbling around as if he were drunk. At first I thought he was joking, but such behavior was not typical of his personality. He leaned into one of the security guards as if to make some smart comment and then started collapsing to the ground. Fortunately, we caught him and gently laid him on the floor. I knelt down and waited for him to start convulsing. Fortunately, nothing further happened and he was lucid within a few seconds. Four of us, each grasping a limb, carried him out of the exhibition and into a side hallway. There, the nurse attended to him and asked him a series of questions. Even after telling her he wasn’t diabetic or epileptic, she still poured sugar in his mouth and made him swallow it with a drink of water. Apparently, either the sight of body parts or the lack of air circulation inside the exhibition affected J.D. After another 15-20 minutes of rest and taking blood pressure, he was fine and we walked to the food court to sit down and eat. It was scary for a few moments, but we had a nice laugh about it later.
