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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& L, p8 U3 ?8 w4 p' Y
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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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 k, c! |( e+ G
; a8 Z _! _: M( W [8 ^3 E, N''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously." |% }5 p ?* r- j$ R
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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."2 s* M- T9 w4 O# ]# Y1 ~
1 F) V2 g. Q+ b* d. x"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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+ V. M& n4 j# z+ h" I7 m9 \5 U"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?"% [6 B$ D! w& n" j3 O3 f# r
9 t) K# y s+ ~' _5 h# i''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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