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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''- {" l. V- a& R* T
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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."4 t3 Z3 f# Q b: q. j
! F: m7 e: _$ A''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.& g7 _+ {. a. ^2 k
?! n1 n. \! m/ r9 L6 P"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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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.! k" i9 ~1 m& |* P: k& B; _
7 |) _& X* c5 f$ G/ ? \- f"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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1 U# c4 N% J) b7 h3 X7 v, B''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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: E: _2 b& s& T''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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