the desperate cry of a man trying to push the silent button

there are few things as sad as seing a man scramble to push a tiny 'silent' button to end his suffering.  his monitor has been beeping non-stop for the past ten minutes.  it just went off again while he was in the bathroom.  we're waiting for the clunk sound of plastic hitting a wood door.  "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping..".  Aw, but not a raven haunts Craig.  Nay, it's the gentle rapping of an obnoxious and overly sensitive TPN and saline pump.