 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''' O, d0 O" z2 V* x9 y. }6 u
: b& p) i8 H/ Z# s
"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
* o8 h; @8 R/ A( j5 O( m" d
1 E6 ?. c, C. w- {' r/ O! Q3 f"Speaking."6 C: B# C8 A% j2 E% J$ ]
! h% }4 I: I) E' J& U''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."7 D+ `5 r9 ?/ Z
S: Q9 M7 u, s
''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously., {" W4 ^- j2 ^1 J% O. E8 W4 y7 R
6 c9 W7 B! S$ G: Z3 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."# M: ^3 W" ]) w4 ^8 e ~$ H, L
+ D" I& u4 i. }
"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
]3 b3 q& @" y4 A: O& r* W6 l4 D+ n/ ]) O/ _$ U* g0 k
"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 X- S" N& l6 s4 A2 d
; e0 d* u5 R( C1 `5 n$ j I9 L
''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
1 l2 l& I) F3 R- F. a. k) }/ B/ S! n$ @6 c" G5 X, 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 |
|