*** Surgeon: “I’m sorry but your wife’s surgery is going to be delayed for a few hours.”
Husband: “Why? You told me her surgery was urgent!” ***
That brought to mind the Seinfeld episode where Kramer accidentally flipped the Junior Mint into the guy having surgery.
He revealed that just after delivery his mom's physician
came out to brief his dad.
"I'm sorry. We did everything we could, but he lived."