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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'': R: t8 g/ i# N, U9 q1 n- I# T4 Y
$ V$ ~6 ~$ G- J$ m6 W: K3 B; P: d"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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' w w4 w: t& F''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."! t N8 I& f6 h9 @8 U( U
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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1 V6 p( A- ~7 O* {; P/ J4 e"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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* O) U! {6 T( V# Q& R1 k"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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U0 @4 G4 ?/ `1 t$ O"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."2 @1 d' T) j: g. R2 O
( ^( k1 m' D" E, o''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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