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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''$ q0 \. s& i; \6 v; M/ z s
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% k8 {, H6 |& B2 E; ]3 [''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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7 u: U9 H* U6 p, Z* R/ ]''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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- ?# Z8 g, |9 I& F! G0 J( z"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."" H: R* o$ r, D; `( s
6 E/ a/ R& [) g0 W"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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3 g9 q/ b- w$ C0 v$ W$ r! U"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?"0 B' ~1 s" Y% y l
$ N+ B8 _% L6 n- g% Z2 N- e3 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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