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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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# N, [) _) u/ Y. A0 O- v"Mrs. Sanders, please.''% R1 e; d" v a; Q0 j. g( U$ Z
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"Speaking."
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* r2 q! b% _$ e; I4 q' L% R''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.", X8 `' v$ n) G' y
7 W5 D0 v$ e0 @6 ]/ }; k''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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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."
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7 b; L6 `% l9 j"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.- r3 a- m+ k+ ^1 b" R
* a$ J' @! a) I8 h"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."" b, t1 A1 [, L/ }" i0 k' @% x
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"1 A, S4 b* a, l2 W
# q5 E% }$ c3 ~# _ I7 G''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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