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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'', x+ d$ F, w4 t! p
( T: N9 ]1 `2 [% ~8 V- U9 }"Mrs. Sanders, please.''& }# p' @3 H9 o% p" _4 k$ |
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"Speaking."4 J0 _7 V0 B4 o6 e) I8 Y/ R. j
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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."
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! O' s$ ]3 X; a E- @7 {* n* g''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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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."7 M) ~" v3 F" Q; v2 j+ F
* ]- o4 u) f/ U5 [! q7 f8 I"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.3 Y2 Y2 M) Q+ i n
/ F0 _- W6 |# [' i6 I4 I. o"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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( [) x+ z" r5 a- S0 M1 ~) P2 ]2 K. y& n''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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