good night and good luck!

ill tell u the moral of this story in the very beggining ..will make life easier for all of us involved. DONT GET INTO A FIGHT WITH YOUR WIFE WHEN U R ON A NIGHT SHIFT!

i have learnt something today. whenever u r on night duties..be extra careful and extra nice to your wife. dont ever get in to a squabble with her. i made the midstake of getting into one yesterday evening. well it was nothing serious ....just the regular, run of the mill squabble as is wont in a healthy marital relationship. in fact it was a bit overdue. well the long and short of it...at the end of our violent conversation (u know how violent these little squabbles can get) she cursed me..i mean literally cursed me that i would have the worst night shift ever. well not in as many words..but she didnt say the usual "hope u have a good 'un" (okay .....i am a little sensitive). its the same thing. wel i didnt give it much thought then because it was said in a typical housewife tone..though my wife is not a house wife....almost in the same way housewives say that the skies have fallen upon them if the vegetable vendor makes his daily round five minutes late.

came on for my night duty. had a couple of poorly patients. sorted them out. put in a couple of intravenous cannulas. life wa going smoothly until it was 1 a.m. the neurosurgical registrar called and said there weer two patients to admit and mange in teh accident and emergency. the cardiothoracic ward called to say that one of the critical patients was getting even more critical. ward 21 called to say that a patient had been transferred from telford and needed to be admitted. and ..my cup of sorrrow overfloweth!

the age old housewife curse came true..again. so for all you married guys pursuing a career in medicine and preparing to start a week of night duties..beware..be catious..do not get into any sort of squabble with ur better half (keep calling her that). maintain composure and compliment levels throughout this week of yours. hoping this will help ease the pain of many brethren across the world.....good night and good luck!!