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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''0 X+ G% `% v- z5 w
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4 P- k! v$ a$ E" Q! k$ X6 t* z''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.". S* z& L5 Q# H" t
d2 v3 P6 Q% h& X''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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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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- p% ^: ~* _5 X3 B) s"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."# H0 X4 E, L- a7 |
6 w9 B. R/ z, A8 c0 L7 a8 E''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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( @/ X/ h$ o+ o' M- {) a' t- S''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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