11 out of 10 Quotes

“Some of…these…are…harboring…delusions of…immortality. They don’t…seem to realize…none of us get…out…alive.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“Aw, is that your little sister?” “Naw, that’s my woman.”  “Oh.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“masquerading”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“was it safe for my patients to be smoking through their tracheostomy tubes?”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“She is supposedly one month younger than me, but if somebody told me that she is actually a 12-year-old girl masquerading as a medical student, I wouldn’t be entirely surprised.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“Maybe there was a reason her husband didn’t visit; he was having a vacation.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“she dutifully helps me lift and pivot the patient back into bed; it is like wrestling with an uncooperative walrus,”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“If I had known so many of you would come…see me…in this state…I’d have died…much sooner.” And with that, she winked one last time and closed her eyes for the last time. I like to think she went out to the sounds of our laughter. I can only hope to keep my sense of humor like that, at the end.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“gallows humor. Some would say that it’s just our way of dealing with horrible situations that we are forced to deal with on a daily basis.”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories

“To the reader who is unaware of this violent and bloody sport known as crocheting (cro·shey·ing): it is defined as “three rounds of two-minute cage-fighting using only needles and yarn as weaponry.” Although made illegal in most U.S. municipalities, underground croch-fighting has been rampant in Southwestern”
― Freida McFadden, 11 out of 10: A Collection of Humorous Medical Stories