 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
: j' V8 g0 ^8 G8 |6 f8 Z( E/ r g8 a- T# {6 [: J* Q! m. ^3 t% t. M
"Mrs. Sanders, please.'' C/ v3 N3 C) Y7 @$ {( T
6 v) @- ]) L n% w& [9 P* m2 b) X( Z"Speaking."% K" a' V, {0 g' D+ m. W
/ f5 ^# p6 [- W1 J8 I# h''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' P+ \( x" P1 E5 M! `
2 P- Z0 j$ g/ w1 x M! @- f2 R''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
) R4 x, ~* ]0 e* _/ x( _7 x: W
3 i) O4 ?) S- m" ]"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 o+ {$ s+ c; ?. ?
/ M7 S* }% L$ E4 P, `6 y"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.0 A! S! o, Q: L9 t5 S
) h& _" r5 m& K, W" s
"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
3 i% l; C, ~7 `& }! t G4 ?; G) N8 y* H0 a+ Z6 ~. j. E% W& S
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?") K- l$ }6 u* t' R7 q' M. D2 e6 O
. K. V; H- E. N9 l/ G2 m''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 |
|