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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''9 F% X4 @3 q( a3 U- u
' I; j8 p3 l2 E"Mrs. Sanders, please.''4 [+ _; Z$ h& Q! W0 S
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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."$ x) |+ L% y- o: K0 f
8 d# w6 |! {4 s7 C+ k''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.2 _) u! n# Y, r
. b" b. {" G8 b"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."* o7 @1 [3 u, C8 z3 C( ~
1 {7 Y* g/ a+ r"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.$ S4 i1 v$ e6 u4 j- c9 p! t% \1 g
6 N7 V( B0 D2 V& D' c"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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7 s3 T+ \4 G' J% J''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"5 q: i- \% P& ?% }) ]1 D2 z
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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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