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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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4 O% p: f' f+ T5 ^"Mrs. Sanders, please.''1 f: L: i7 R* q
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5 l. X: K; h- j s0 r& C6 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."% R" s @3 u, e! Z$ j3 H7 r
: q5 F J+ A: V; ?/ Q* ]''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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* E* a; x' J) }% R"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."( O4 e. O/ h. ^# B
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 D3 o/ s+ T3 j0 ~0 h
, @/ k: U. F! q* r# L''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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" ?' Q( |5 s5 `''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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