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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'' V" N: K6 s) w ~1 t
, ], R) x/ B4 G$ `( T0 s4 P"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."
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. D F) x8 s; [$ ]! W2 }! o''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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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.) G/ k0 X. ?' o O0 W
7 V1 A0 q4 L8 M"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."( K! x/ b0 m8 F( Q4 \# v6 D
t2 E7 g- R& o( A0 r- `5 C5 G"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."4 K* v( W8 f5 g- l9 J3 V! K: h! w
# u4 {# B, g N" w''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"+ f5 K9 r5 ~+ A
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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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