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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''9 w w3 O7 ]2 V& z, x6 U/ A5 v7 M
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"Speaking."7 n, ~* Z' O0 T0 U$ r( w0 N' y
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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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7 ~- N2 m1 ?' Z9 M- b8 k8 |''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.* Q r8 ], N" f |; M: \
- ?! d! ]& A% Y" s1 I. Q6 f- p"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."3 d6 @6 s7 d* C/ w9 M
1 W, n8 W: W/ Z0 _7 e"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.# i' s$ N( \5 ^; Q1 P k% k. P
$ _$ O. _" Q z3 ^% L2 B* [. a"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."- I8 a; C$ b) o% U( W4 Z
! s5 y" _9 a9 g$ ?4 r- ]''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"0 v4 f! g* D8 i& n# _8 b
* ?8 W; q& F5 l% V2 C''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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