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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''' s9 V! S$ B1 \8 _9 t& F) I) i5 S
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! L, u( t1 E* A8 |; j+ N7 P''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."+ W: R6 ~" Y7 {# L0 l' E6 o
' ^4 A. I0 z8 i, |! l# Q4 b9 f''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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: B" s! _+ v: l0 i"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." P' r7 C* A$ _# R) @
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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( R5 s" n" b7 g" s& W( ?' v"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."" D, F! c+ i* O" J( u
. \: i4 x9 I+ t5 l c6 W''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"/ a' Q$ u5 M A2 k' t: _
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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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