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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''$ E. Z; M1 h+ i$ g# a( `9 \' _7 U
* _7 b* |6 ^% g1 e: N6 q l$ Q"Mrs. Sanders, please.''* ], T- ? Q" q! \& ]' h
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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."2 G+ @7 A3 U3 \) T, s. t2 S1 P8 {) ~ B
+ F( z6 ?9 V" [& T''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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6 P+ u: T! }# U! [! P: s1 E/ C% K"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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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.. m F) h% P% M. W5 \6 W" C
& G7 v' R! [ ^- H* L% f5 T"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?") E* G7 ]% ^8 i# w' D0 k u
- f7 ]) \' ^3 D" W''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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