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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''- ?8 I, M5 f7 a" d% H* {
3 n0 Z4 P Y/ G0 j5 f+ l"Mrs. Sanders, please.''1 b) O: W f) p
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''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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4 D2 W u/ W) ]2 A7 V1 b6 f; N1 |''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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! }3 }3 Q( f2 y+ D5 k"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time." g5 Z$ c$ F8 m) t5 g h" ?( Y
9 v! Y1 _' E$ c* J''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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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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