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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''' _' Z4 J& Q2 J
' k; L9 h1 [! ~ m. h+ B"Mrs. Sanders, please.''- q3 M/ e5 Z/ E% i J* h
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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."
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8 o9 `& \) E6 L+ u. l: m''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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"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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k( w1 g M+ }0 V"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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( A1 j1 j. B- K: v"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"- e* V* t/ p9 f0 E8 J- r
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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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