When a friend finally arranges the chat we were meant to have some weeks ago, she apologises profusely(大量地，极其) for the lack of contact. I tell her she doesn’t need to mollify(安抚，平息) me but it turns out she is the one in need of sympathy. Her husband had gone into hospital for what was termed a routine procedure. While waiting to collect him, my friend suddenly heard the overhead announcement of a code, announcing a patient in extremis(濒临死亡，危在旦夕).
当一位朋友终于安排了我们几周前就该有的那次聊天时，她为长时间没有联系而连连道歉。我告诉她不必安抚我，但结果她才是那个需要同情的人。她的丈夫因一项被称为“常规”的手术住进了医院。在等待接他时，我的朋友突然听到头顶广播响起代码，宣布一名患者情况危急。
“Something told me it was him.”
“有个声音告诉我就是他。”
The surgery had unleash(释放，引发)ed a bacterial shower, rendering him septic(败血症的，脓毒性的) on the operating table.
手术引发了一场细菌“暴雨”，使他在手术台上就出现了败血症。