 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
- z# O7 `% B" p; B2 t- Y/ S
' h% k' j6 t; M5 E4 _+ V"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
& v) X+ f) H- i6 b) e+ F( z* \2 C/ x6 J, R. b4 n1 H4 B8 y* B/ ?5 X% r
"Speaking."
' @6 D( ^, p) p7 {6 e$ V- b. w! y4 P( J( [2 E( @. r' e# W6 f1 N( c
''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."
/ J. W7 \$ w X1 k V8 ~
) N- F) x7 x$ q3 h) s''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
' v; Q6 i9 j$ g7 W/ I
0 h9 ^+ y. @: b+ R7 ?1 @0 U"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."
' Z0 t. A3 _$ u1 {
3 }8 u, g, i" D" l"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.: l# Y5 s) u9 W4 m, ?5 b
& c7 H7 v7 d4 U6 J! Q, q
"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
0 V3 G! {0 Q$ _9 w3 G1 v( h5 a: }: g% w1 I$ M, }
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"; W% B' M4 x6 c3 S% f: Y
% K9 U" s: @( V! m) |0 E+ y" v''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 |
|