A Twisted Hospital Encounter

I caught my patient's husband kissing another woman in the hospital parking garage at 2 AM.

Here's where it gets twisted. I was doing my rounds when his wife coded. I sprinted to her

room, started compressions, brought her back. The whole time he's in the waiting area,

completely clueless. After we stabilized her, I had to walk out and tell him she

almost died. He looked me dead in the eyes and asked if he could finish his coffee

first. My hands were still shaking from the adrenaline. His mistress was

sitting three chairs away pretending to read a magazine. The wife woke up an hour later asking

where he was. I told her he stepped out for air. She smiled and said he's probably calling