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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''3 ^1 _2 q9 h% r+ i
$ @- q/ T$ }% h3 U/ S( `+ u"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."
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5 d/ C+ ^9 `! f8 c& a; T''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+ j# X/ ]3 @* D4 S' E
! d$ K9 l- n2 P( C& S) |3 f''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.; }4 J" w& A1 g) S3 B
/ w3 i7 L+ O0 Z1 z' N& \% h+ N. ?"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."
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$ ]* J/ j8 q' ~2 S3 f"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.", V5 W U! C _. G; Q% X# D- `2 l
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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! y7 M7 U0 n# Q3 |. x* G''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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