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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''$ N- R6 |. s. L+ ~& ~
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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1 V$ ]6 C1 v- ]4 L; _ T3 n''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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2 Z3 {1 X; `4 H3 v: ]''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.' h! N4 c* Q: \" I# F1 C
% D( x8 V+ ^+ w" w"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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3 v- a) D5 F& Q4 A/ O"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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, N& T2 }8 P( C0 n( T"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."# P) g3 y( e$ u: O7 f
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"9 j: O4 f( P( P# x% R& }" L- ~! e
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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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