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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''7 J8 { |6 M+ `0 N3 T. S, \
8 }8 g0 q; A9 r1 y"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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5 ^7 J! J" E5 p* j' R" n, F"Speaking."" C$ M1 e$ g8 @- d$ D+ A* x' o B
: I: k$ _' y. I- K' z2 `''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.": [0 S* i f) A5 M5 N# c5 X* b
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.$ ^ j3 j* H1 ^7 e' _
2 c' @" d$ @" H: }( Q) |"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."* \) l* q) }/ M! R4 `4 D& g1 w
* ~; f3 P+ c' ]. K, Q"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.8 }6 {% ~3 g* |, P7 V% u' W' C, u
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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; f$ W ?& T4 X. L5 \''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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5 S+ M; \% a: p* B3 d''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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