 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''- G! y# F u$ w1 L6 g7 q$ [/ P
+ ?6 E& R. z4 t" I
"Mrs. Sanders, please.''0 A% c( I( q" @$ M# a$ g1 j
8 P- I. I9 e; L& W2 S"Speaking."8 F8 k2 k% P) E$ r1 C
4 J7 B% n' l7 z6 n" f''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."
6 r8 }* l& o5 |, {# g; x" Z
( m# J" `7 X0 J) Q( {; M''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.( t/ u7 f p3 |1 v0 c
) t" D4 \4 X( ?, e( P
"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."3 F$ w x6 j" M" Z5 T7 s% y
) v$ v; p. S' _! G/ Q" P! _& @
"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.% Q; C4 o: q0 m# E8 l5 @9 ~( W
+ D% W) S) J- N. \0 d0 w
"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."& t8 p* e/ K9 p& u2 G+ O+ L# f$ j
2 p7 N4 r; }4 ~
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"7 D+ c' J" n/ M5 t6 u2 Q9 E2 J
- I* j. c4 H( i9 g% m' x% A$ I
''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 |
|