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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''! V6 C9 [& _# f
2 E7 v! Y6 O4 u+ w" J2 ~9 }7 E1 G"Mrs. Sanders, please.''3 [! N/ G) S+ R" T
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"Speaking."
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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."4 c$ z. U7 C0 [) ?& V
1 \; M: S5 w; V0 `# F6 ~6 r( N1 n''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.( S! a8 \# T/ K5 a: L& j
4 H b8 G$ f; q; O7 G"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."
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/ v% u+ l# D. o/ ?# g- S"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders. }) f+ y. G( z1 O% i
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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: I: m( ]2 X! J/ j3 b/ B''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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