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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''( K L2 R3 F6 L" X/ l
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."1 d2 R' O/ h9 ]' x
3 X* o) U$ l9 \; L''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."5 |) N9 I7 I1 k, n" ` G8 P0 e
4 r3 z1 ?$ }6 i5 |; V''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."1 e# z$ S/ S! B3 J% U: ?
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders., f4 D; T" [4 t2 O
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."& e' S: J* @: z. [" @& }& e) x2 s% q9 r
, `! x( ?* w! q! E+ z1 I& z9 J''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"6 r* q7 Z0 D. C
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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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