On call

There is nothing worse then being on call on a Friday. Well.. actually there is - being on call on a Saturday. I am saying this only because my call is half over. But it's Friday night, I am in on call in the Trauma Center and it's nice out there - people are going out, having a good time, drinking (of course, I would love to be one of them), getting into their cars and accidents and then come here. There are some other duties - just got called in to intubate the old guy who got a bad case of pneumonia; put to sleep a young 34 years old woman with a bad case of kidney stones - she was really miserable before surgery; put an epidural in a woman in labor- went in nice and easy, she was very thankful. I love doing epidurals for women in labor - it works right away, great for the whole family, everybody really enjoys the whole experience. For all of you out there screaming your lungs out for "natural labor and delivery" I have only one thing to say: God created the epidural space, not us, it is very natural to use it! Gotta go, new trauma is in the ER