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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''1 V }- n% w6 u) q
e# e7 d& f) M( H J0 @"Mrs. Sanders, please.'' ?' d4 w; a9 w0 ~+ ?. G
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) ~! b. @0 w+ O+ g''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.", o% v8 Q1 U( G" P. D, f
) A$ Q4 t) Z& W, e" y1 {% y''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."7 N2 k6 c: A$ G3 W
$ H4 r( |3 { s' }"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.1 ?+ N8 }" n2 @/ ~: o
: s# A# J8 r: p$ E4 {2 Z"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."/ g, A: Y9 e. g: \0 y
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"( h5 W% u6 d0 k1 H
/ W, U2 K8 J I- G* ?4 j* g''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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