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A&E 2 ICU: 30+ Tales from the Hospital Bed
Tales from thee Hospital Bed
Thirty+ stories from the site of the crash to the operating theatre and recovery room; from the hospital bed on the trauma ward with all its doctors, nurses, visitors and fellow patients; from the bedside watchers and new beginnings beyond the discharge lounge.
If they get you out this wreck, how much of you can be saved?You need the calm and peace overnight, but you weren’t counting on her.After an incident that bad, some things are best not admitted.We consultants have some out-the-way cases; but this one…Your foul-mouthed senior surgeon has it in for you; but what can you do? If a catlick is good enough for my tortoiseshell, it’s good enough for me.That guy behind the curtains is gonna cough his guts up soon…Is it the nurse? Is it the medication? Or is it the bed?You just know this new guy is faking it, so…We have so many staff off today, but you’ll hardly notice. On discharge, your dear wife does everything she can to protect you.Totally blinded, what’s your greatest problem in rehab?Has your Earthly suffering been sufficient to get you past Peter the Pearly Gateman?Come on, are you really so vindictive you’d kill me off like this?
… and eighteen more, penned from the bed of a man informed he has a week to live.
Well, they got that wrong, didn’t th—?
Thirty+ stories from the site of the crash to the operating theatre and recovery room; from the hospital bed on the trauma ward with all its doctors, nurses, visitors and fellow patients; from the bedside watchers and new beginnings beyond the discharge lounge.
If they get you out this wreck, how much of you can be saved?You need the calm and peace overnight, but you weren’t counting on her.After an incident that bad, some things are best not admitted.We consultants have some out-the-way cases; but this one…Your foul-mouthed senior surgeon has it in for you; but what can you do? If a catlick is good enough for my tortoiseshell, it’s good enough for me.That guy behind the curtains is gonna cough his guts up soon…Is it the nurse? Is it the medication? Or is it the bed?You just know this new guy is faking it, so…We have so many staff off today, but you’ll hardly notice. On discharge, your dear wife does everything she can to protect you.Totally blinded, what’s your greatest problem in rehab?Has your Earthly suffering been sufficient to get you past Peter the Pearly Gateman?Come on, are you really so vindictive you’d kill me off like this?
… and eighteen more, penned from the bed of a man informed he has a week to live.
Well, they got that wrong, didn’t th—?
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Published June 6, 2025
About the author
Trevor Watts
33 books3 followersTrevor is a Nottinghamshire, UK writer. Educated at Old Basford Primary School, Nottingham; High Pavement Grammar School, Nottingham; Hull University, and Nottingham University.
His short stories and poems have frequently won prizes, and he has appeared on television discussing local matters.
As well as the Realms of Kyre medieval fantasy saga, the New-Classic Sci-Fi books, and the OsssOss Series of short stories, he has published many reader-friendly non-fiction books and articles. These are mostly about exploring active volcanoes around the world, and searching for fossilised dinosaur footprints on Yorkshire’s Jurassic coast.
In the 1980s, his Ph.D. research pioneered the use of computers in the education of children with profound learning difficulties. Much of this research was published in educational, medical and computing magazines and journals.
He spent fourteen years at the classroom chalkface; sixteen as headteacher of a special school; and sixteen as an Ofsted school inspector to round it off. At the time, his teacher wife, Chris, joked that it was “Sleeping with the Enemy”.
Now retired, Trevor writes, walks the local footpaths; curses his computers; and loves his wife, the cat and his kids.
His short stories and poems have frequently won prizes, and he has appeared on television discussing local matters.
As well as the Realms of Kyre medieval fantasy saga, the New-Classic Sci-Fi books, and the OsssOss Series of short stories, he has published many reader-friendly non-fiction books and articles. These are mostly about exploring active volcanoes around the world, and searching for fossilised dinosaur footprints on Yorkshire’s Jurassic coast.
In the 1980s, his Ph.D. research pioneered the use of computers in the education of children with profound learning difficulties. Much of this research was published in educational, medical and computing magazines and journals.
He spent fourteen years at the classroom chalkface; sixteen as headteacher of a special school; and sixteen as an Ofsted school inspector to round it off. At the time, his teacher wife, Chris, joked that it was “Sleeping with the Enemy”.
Now retired, Trevor writes, walks the local footpaths; curses his computers; and loves his wife, the cat and his kids.
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