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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''. K5 ^! C$ J- [$ Q
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."
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& P: g; d6 s2 I/ ]''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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! C# F1 L) E( P# R. @& R& V''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.9 Y* R& }, u8 k _
% q; C8 S! g; d: p! Y# Q, V: n"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."
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, \. U1 j7 e% B. O& S"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders./ m9 ^- I, H C; Q
8 i) P* z/ x. { B% p% A/ B$ f"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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/ |6 M: S3 U" H0 y''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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6 u. q( I E) u7 ^1 H. d''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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