There is a long drowsy time in the hospital between about 7 am and 11 am, when they've fed you, watered you, changed your sheets, given you all the medicines you're supposed to get, trooped all the students past you, and so on and so forth. Then comes the nurses' handoff meeting, when they talk about you behind your back for about an hour, and between the start of that and when the meal trolleys come rumbling through you can get a nice little nap.
And, contrary to popular belief, you can shut your door (or shut it almost completely) to reduce the noise.
Dorothy Parker (I believe), when she was in a hospital, once had visitors. She pressed a button when the visitors arrived, and they asked if she was ringing for refreshments. "Oh, no," she said. "That's the nurse's call button. I press it whenever I want an hour of uninterrupted peace and quiet."
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There is a long drowsy time in the hospital between about 7 am and 11 am, when they've fed you, watered you, changed your sheets, given you all the medicines you're supposed to get, trooped all the students past you, and so on and so forth. Then comes the nurses' handoff meeting, when they talk about you behind your back for about an hour, and between the start of that and when the meal trolleys come rumbling through you can get a nice little nap.
And, contrary to popular belief, you can shut your door (or shut it almost completely) to reduce the noise.
Dorothy Parker (I believe), when she was in a hospital, once had visitors. She pressed a button when the visitors arrived, and they asked if she was ringing for refreshments. "Oh, no," she said. "That's the nurse's call button. I press it whenever I want an hour of uninterrupted peace and quiet."