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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''! [# f4 f0 e6 _3 E. j
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''- H) t9 u! B& D. o0 d/ k) z/ A
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''Mrs. Sanders, this is Doctor Jones at Saint Agnes Laboratory. When your doctor sent your husband's biopsy to the lab yesterday, a biopsy from another Mr. Sanders arrived as well, and we are now uncertain which one is your husband's. Frankly the results are either bad or terrible."8 v" }. f3 @9 \# G: s1 B
5 _8 y% h$ W$ m6 S: U''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.4 Z+ H, W o/ J3 k8 I' x" i
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"Well, one of the specimens tested positive for Alzheimer's and the other one tested positive for AIDS. We can't tell which is your husband's."/ d! \# k+ r7 y7 @ n9 h% O
) D" [% V' _2 Z3 Z- p# g' ?% @: e; \"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."2 d- x9 X2 N7 f: F
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"6 k' C8 ?2 \# J# F" r5 r) {6 l; f
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''The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off somewhere in the middle of town. If he finds his way home, don't sleep with him |
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