In this case, I'm going to start with the latter story rather than the former on the basis of a comment my friend the Defense Against the Language Arts teacher made on my previous post: "Also, when your wife texts someone who is in a classroom at work with, 'Call as soon as possible, Will is in the hospital,' she needs to clarify that you are NOT DYING."
I'll let the wife explain that if she desires.
As to its significance, it reminded me of the second hospital encounter, the one I said took more than five hours.