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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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: I- e9 m0 N$ ^, m" h"Mrs. Sanders, please.'', R: ^+ s( M8 E: e3 i- B
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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."- s) Z7 n( R0 C5 {+ O
0 B* ~. ^3 [; r''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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% ^' ?7 Q/ w8 w b( X2 G3 `1 o$ \"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."* R# L$ E+ p" L, E, L5 b
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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) K8 J! V* S; ?( T"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.", m5 ]# ~$ G8 M) c; E7 R( F
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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1 J/ v4 T8 }, a& ?' C+ 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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