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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''- l0 d* H7 ?) I% ~5 U7 }
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"Speaking.". Z& o. r M6 Y
7 G% l" B4 {9 E& x: W''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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- r" Q2 ` E9 o8 l/ m$ U7 V( t; ^''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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! \0 s* y- N' B; \, D0 a4 J% r"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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& ?) e7 }) S( e* O3 r& r% ?"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.! e+ K: c9 V3 j5 L& W! ?5 t
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.") l4 _3 J4 D! h1 Y( v
A3 h+ V8 L# Q' K2 z Y''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"( z, _1 m% b5 D9 h4 t/ t
3 a B, K3 T( G, f8 a( f! U''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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