I think it's hereditary." Great." She sat up and just smiled at me."Brenda, we got you these." Mom said handing Brenda a brightly wrapped package. She...tore the present open and pulled out a long sleeping shirt and matching pants. "We didn't want our only granddaughter to be cold at night." Thanks grandma." She held them up to her and they looked like they will fit her.I got one for mom and we had given her new spatulas since she had a habit of burning hers or they wear out; a very useful. Days, I used to live alone by myself, just for the only reason that I like to have my privacy especially at a time when my academic requirements demand so. As I was staying alone and since I’m a kind-of an extroverted person (I love making a lot of friends), boredom started to take over me. Hence I decided to try out my luck in one of the chatrooms online. One fine day, I humped into this woman by name Anjali. She was a Keralite settled in Dubai. Of course, as everybody else, everything started. You will tell me. I know you two had se-” Just then, sir walked in to check up on our progress. I blushed like crazy and turned my head away while Heidi grinned her wildest grin and greeted him.“How is your piece going?”“Yeah, it’s good sir, thanks.” Heidi replied.“And you Jess?”“Uhm, yeah, it’s good. Thanks for helping me out.” I turned around and smiled at him. “Do you guys need any help?”“Nah, tha-” I began to say before Heidi cut me off screaming: “Yes! I need help, please.” Bitch. She. .. QRST...Anaesthesia is, par excellence, a “sharp end specialty.” Pam has been here many times before. She is at ease in tiger country.Out of habit, she glances over to her emergency equipment. The tracheostomy tray. The cricothyroid membrane puncture needle. She catches the eye of her anaesthetic nurse assistant who raises an eyebrow as if to ask “It’s not that bad, is it?”“No,” says Pam reassuringly in answer to the unspoken question. “Let’s try patience.”The moments continue to slip by as.