Sunday, September 27, 2009

An end to the mouse drama?

Last week the mouse in the office was successful in stealing the bread we left in the trap. On Thursday afternoon I was meeting with a few nurses in the office when we all heard a loud snap and then this high pitched squealing. Within a few seconds there was a banging sound that came from inside the cabinet and three very confused nurses in the office. After some coaxing, one of the nurses opened the cabinet to find the mouse trap up against the back of the cabinet, no mouse and no bread. And so we reset the trap and figured/hoped, maybe we injured the mouse.

Today, we had success. We checked the trap and this time our mouse wasn't so lucky. After a quick call to housekeeping the mouse was taken out to his burial grounds. The head of facilities has explained to me that this will not be the last time we have a mouse in the nurses office. But for now, I feel like it's nurses 1, mouse 0.

One of my sisters asked if she should include some mouse traps in a care package to me, I don't think we have reached that point... yet. But I am open to suggestions for how to keep them outside of the hospital, especially the nurses office =)