This happened last week - but requires a little backstory:
We recently came home with a newborn with CHDs (Congenital Heart Defects). Spent the first couple of months of life in the Cardiac ICU and had heart surgery to repair the defects. Needless to say, we have been watching him like a HAWK the past couple of weeks he has been home. Pretty standard care at home but still scary not having monitors available to assure us his vitals are normal.
Last week I had to go into the office for an important meeting - something that has been in the works for about 6 months now. Absolutely could not miss it as I did not want anyone sitting in for me and risking a big payout for us. I explained to my wife that I would be in this meeting from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. She understands how big this is and that she should ONLY reach out to me if it was an emergency - no calls or texts otherwise. Normally, I'd leave my phone at my desk but, given the kiddo's condition, I had it with me on silent.
About 12:00 PM my phone lights up - a text from my wife. "Trying to give him a bottle, not responding." My heart literally stops when I see the words "not responding". I take that as she is trying to feed him but he is not responding in any way. I excused myself from this very important meeting and call my wife. She doesn't answer. Call her again, no answer. Texted her about a dozen times and no response - not even a "read" receipt on the message. Panicking, I call our neighbors - they both work from home. One of them tells me she will go knock.
5 min later my wife calls and has a pissed off tone to her voice:
Her: What is your deal??
Me: WHAT IS GOING ON?? HE IS NOT RESPONDING??
Her: I meant I am giving him a bottle and wont be able to respond to calls or texts during.
So, despite there being an agreement to not call or text unless there was an emergency, my wife decided to let me know she, too, was busy when I still had 5 hours left in my meeting. My stance is the wording of her text couldn't have been worse especially given the circumstances and she is sticking to the whole "you should have known what I meant". Luckily, my colleagues/client understood the situation and it didn't cause any major disruption. Even garnered a couple of laughs when I explained what my wife meant. Still scared the ever loving shit out of me.