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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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- w; P5 n) ]: D0 V( Y5 R"Mrs. Sanders, please.''& Q2 i" |% o9 f+ j% _+ T
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"Speaking."
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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."
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; a; d5 E" Y) }$ J''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.+ t' T+ x6 [* E6 |3 ]
& S! h, i/ T9 s2 }"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.3 S% |* u y, I4 G9 a
* f {+ o" @$ E& p"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 g$ K( q5 V0 r+ G1 h
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"! ^2 b- l2 C7 Y* E/ X; M/ U# u& B
! I+ p% \3 v1 t A% ]- J''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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