Are my Testicles Black?

A male patient is lying in bed in the hospital,
wearing an oxygen
mask over his mouth and nose, still heavily sedated
from a difficult,
four hour, surgical procedure. A young, student
nurse appears, to give
him a partial sponge bath.

"Nurse," he mumbles, from behind the mask. "Are my
testicles black?"
Embarrassed, the young nurse replies, "I don't know,
Sir. I'm only
here to wash your upper body and feet."

He struggles to ask again, "Nurse, are my testicles
black?"

Concerned that he may elevate his vitals from worry
about his
testicles, she overcomes her embarrassment and
sheepishly pulls back the
covers. She raises his gown, holds his penis in one
hand and his testicles in
the other. Then, she takes a close look and says,
"There's nothing wrong
with them, Sir!

The man pulls off his oxygen mask, smiles at her and
says very slowly,

"Thank you very much. That was wonderful, but,
listen very, very
closely...... A r e - m y - t e s t - r e s u l t s
- b a c k?