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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''3 }9 O& m; t* d) g2 o- ~! ~
e- P# w* t y0 N3 A"Mrs. Sanders, please.''" y+ e- u8 W% J; i
8 J0 a6 c, t7 l; Z4 C"Speaking."
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, W- J9 B% Q+ ^# i8 V. f5 ^''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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0 _5 h, B) v+ P''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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9 m/ h* T2 T d/ Y"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."& L! {, @/ h% O% ~+ q
' ^3 z9 `( m/ s! C"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."
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8 s$ V* h: `: l+ B''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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- Y% i$ M" u6 Q5 ]/ Y''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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