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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& e) _4 ~3 E, Z' g2 X
! X7 t* H" ^2 h. j"Mrs. Sanders, please.'', z9 {3 t' R( y
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"Speaking."
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''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."4 Q$ U8 T7 i$ Q- x9 k" C- `
8 M+ A0 ]. a. d5 R''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.# m6 s% k- a/ v9 b
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"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.", c7 ^2 ~) Z5 }
0 V6 x$ N% T" p# e" Y! Q"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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- d/ x8 ]* ?2 V( S"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?"; ?% s; j4 D. M& L
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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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