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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''2 h8 [& D( q5 F) I7 x1 s2 H
. t4 H3 |2 p1 V4 @7 g"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."& `# e% y& L+ J6 D, }2 T
' ]* W2 t; x" k1 U* m5 P8 ^! 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."
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.( W* ]' V; \* z* d$ Q
1 Q: f; K& P; s7 `; F+ S"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."6 Z# D" p' c7 E& ~, m* I: V" y
6 [5 j6 u9 k5 s& I7 R, y"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.") U- X' o3 d5 u: N9 n. j1 D, I+ _5 }) L
! v7 M Y: \! h8 C- L. D$ m* P''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"5 m( D8 S: ]' r/ u4 S
/ m2 d) f( b. w8 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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