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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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! m1 \# {1 O& h"Mrs. Sanders, please.''+ {: x+ c; A6 y$ O }. p/ I, F5 m
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2 n9 L) h7 n) u, I" A/ E''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."5 A5 `- S) c8 F# ^& {' s
3 o& L3 H; X6 j''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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4 N8 o0 {( g [6 H"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.3 ]( y' s5 P' Y- O7 O1 [
$ M2 ?5 @- z. g$ Q1 }" }) J5 Z: x"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."1 M0 z0 {5 l n6 i, n! L3 b! g0 L
! c5 w, ?. x) e: s$ g& S''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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