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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& |" y; F; K: E# g* M
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''! a/ h) Q0 n1 w t" Y7 J
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"Speaking."
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% W9 N1 s' L( G, F- w j''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."3 ~- S3 n: G7 c, f
+ a5 h/ h. h$ _$ y) }. m7 c2 b''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."& M) e0 M n" K; A+ Q- T F
) D0 B, A/ G) s# S" J5 o" A; F"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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( x, ~# _- H) [; c"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 j4 k, V7 i1 j" y- f; }/ B! N
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"0 J$ {) |& M5 m3 [
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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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