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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''6 E9 x, n5 R h! v2 y. e3 D
& R `& p: J5 D" F- u! \0 T: ~"Mrs. Sanders, please.''* [" h4 \& W; t4 D1 ?
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, X% ^, X$ n; h& Y''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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, y1 t- F! P+ v1 s''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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# Y4 n- `9 e' Y: T- ^"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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5 W3 ~5 v- S+ x7 h p9 X"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.7 @$ m5 v2 F- Z, _2 O% {
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."% y$ x* }- e V/ t
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''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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