Not a bad hospital roommate story -- a nice one. When I had my last child I requested rooming-in service (baby stays with mother instead of in a nursery). I also had a bit of surgery while I was there that required anaesthetic. When they brought me back to my hospital bed I was quite woozy. The nurse put me into bed, tucked my new baby into my arms, and left without putting the side railing of the bed up. I virtually passed out, still under the influence of the anaesthetic.

My roommate saw that my baby was slowly slipping out of my arm on the side of the bed where the railing wasn't up, and got out of bed to put the railing up. Trouble was, she had had her baby by Caesarean section 2 hours before, and had to hold one arm across her incision while she -- very slowly -- walked across to my bed and put the railing up with one hand. I shudder to think what might have happened had she not done it. Good lady -- we knew each other for several years.