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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''+ D, R; d h1 ^2 Y4 w8 J2 H
) J" T$ t9 l, V" B8 @"Mrs. Sanders, please.''& p( B# U f+ |0 S! r
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$ m1 K7 N4 l7 _4 J" \* n7 E0 b''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." \) b* [" N! m5 I1 C
1 W% t9 A0 [" ~! K9 W" `* I''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.- O I, x/ o: Q& J1 `
3 X' U* @* s3 n+ i" X: f. p, U"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."7 @. s7 o& h* e! `8 }/ Q: T0 E
* D2 T" h, [3 c7 O"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.5 d/ @6 ?+ r5 `) f
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."8 }( N6 A# m* f0 y9 c
$ v; R2 L, K2 ]5 y1 s0 O''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"' Q: K9 D9 y- `3 R3 m$ V3 N
/ }) p# D$ P/ ] 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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