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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& w3 G4 {, h7 t
) W: b3 a5 J, ?* I- e) J! D"Mrs. Sanders, please.''4 j5 [, s' r( f% V7 g6 I# Z/ a/ S
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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."+ x" v5 v( w+ L; g3 X
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.8 [# o/ x- J! `# d
1 M$ m1 X n+ u2 X* O"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." W1 C i3 A# m) p! M( W/ e# F8 V% [
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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. S$ T/ y, ?) n0 u& S"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."+ t; n% }; u- K% b1 M9 C* O
8 j3 O7 G1 _4 W+ R4 f2 E''Well, what am I supposed to do now?": d1 _# O" I- ]6 i
. z% `+ `( \2 n/ U5 F2 _''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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