Phone tag, I'm not it

I've been having difficulty with playing phone tag with the cardiothoracic surgeon. I tried again around 30 minutes ago. His assistant actually answered, and admitted she thought the dr was going to call me so she never followed through to see what the notes said (if he wanted her to call me, was she to set up the last couple of tests as pre-op, or go ahead and book for surgery). She again apologized (isn't THAT getting old) and said she was going to wave it in front of his face and ask for "specific" details on what to do.

Sigh. Onto another day.