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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''& J Q7 J! C' u8 q1 U# ~, P* t
7 @- d. _4 c0 y% G+ }"Speaking."
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' D' p* P+ _, a8 r: T$ O''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."( _" i8 K6 r5 R9 {
( y: j& t! \# ?; e# r9 F''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."
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" B4 V) X c3 [% `"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.! N2 {# i% X% Y/ D
. N! D3 c- ^7 p, e' s"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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/ c$ A+ Y6 h" Z1 a, P''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"4 n8 W8 E/ e5 D' \2 Q) f% u& y
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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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