Screamers

At the L&D deck we hear the calls in from the patient rooms on a speaker phone at the clerk's desk.

Beep: I need a nurse.

or

Beep: Baby boy! Room 32, 10:59 PM

The other night a great call came in. The nurse beeped in and asked for anesthesia for the patient (i.e. epidural) and in the background, practically obscuring everything the nurse said, was an impossibly long cry, complete with vibrato, like an opera singer. "Ahh[we're ready for]hhhhhhhhhhh[anesthesia]hhhhhhhhhhh[in 222]hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

The transmitter clicked off. There was a pause of silence (rare in the gossipy deck area) and then a burst of laughter.

Never a dull moment.