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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'', `8 [: _6 J' ?/ D7 a. {0 k- C
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''7 }3 M. u5 f* @
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"Speaking."8 D" S* N: M; A" e0 C; s' J
2 t6 s' Y! G; P2 ]% N9 J6 V* v, K- \''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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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.2 [5 Q- S# `* r8 F( O. _
8 C1 {: d( i5 M8 _* I2 w$ c4 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.". i4 V: {( j& T
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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' Q& C, ~$ P3 u; w% v# c" F; \"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."& V% h5 N; _# j) h9 E" A
+ s2 y6 ]' T, N7 n$ }! e, [1 @''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"- L3 a2 R! ~0 S# A
" ~8 k7 D6 \* X''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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