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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''! h( S8 ]* l1 w& W
+ ^0 m$ o& j2 C" u"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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) S5 ^& ?! i9 J$ |"Speaking."
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; _& q$ R0 w6 O' t) B" @''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."# R' I6 K C, t& P8 i
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.( Q1 U) ]- u F4 b# k9 _
5 y0 W" k Y( n. S( v7 J2 {"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."0 n0 ]/ G* Q& P7 ^, r4 g
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders., U1 Z# K: z5 J6 F7 ^! m4 }' k; b
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."9 z* ~! D: [* Y( _2 S
4 q8 s0 P4 J* w+ _7 T' b''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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''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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