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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'', T- A+ o1 J9 o4 K! L4 q/ ?
5 [4 k: f" {" F) O! w"Mrs. Sanders, please.'': ~* I% x2 ?+ M+ ^
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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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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.' G' K% d& F: M4 s% n( `* M, B
! f7 t* F6 U6 r0 E, j8 ]3 e% 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."$ J* z! c2 V- U
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."* c N" ` t( @$ q$ K, ]& ^7 ]( D5 U
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"- [ y- J0 {) o4 S9 N% r
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''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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