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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''+ ~" j. f( h4 u* w6 P6 z. W% G3 R
- Y% I- \& L0 Z& U* X! q"Mrs. Sanders, please.''8 {" R% L: n! _+ P# I5 z
$ [1 l. `3 [/ M4 L"Speaking."
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) B$ ~! @1 [2 n7 D' \! n# f''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."* ]. W7 u9 x y5 H
7 ~" A+ v! v7 m' a# Q''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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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."9 r4 d7 y4 u5 a! T
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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."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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" O7 C4 B: {7 e! g( H''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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