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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''7 ^' B' a9 W- x% K- C2 P
/ c# U9 E% N, N) k* A8 B5 s2 |( o/ I"Mrs. Sanders, please.''0 l$ {4 H8 U# H2 A0 I
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, {: H9 G2 X5 ?6 c6 K# X''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.". P0 L, p# Y+ t: \, `/ z
6 Q' F* s y! s5 o3 R! |9 y! D''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.$ u# M9 Y5 l! C3 Y/ b
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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."4 t+ o* V/ y/ E" }* |
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.6 t/ e6 p# \* A" M
0 }+ d! m2 G5 p( a$ G"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."! F- T1 q# _% b1 a# ]
: q) C$ E; K! t+ n( G' } Y''Well, what am I supposed to do now?": m5 J1 t7 n2 Q9 L5 d
% ~8 |1 o7 V1 ^1 j0 J7 ^2 t''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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