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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'', E% O2 |1 ?8 w- O3 q, k2 E
% g3 B- Y0 j8 @( J0 Q"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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2 s$ L( ~+ X9 Y3 ~''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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, L4 @5 [) G/ i. A2 r- }''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously. \( b2 b8 w9 W$ m
8 f4 L D- Q' K' s) C* G"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."( P w3 n1 | V2 H/ n- X
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.: w' u1 A) Y$ R% T
& N7 K+ g" B+ l; M+ H7 z, B9 B5 N"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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: a6 R- {; ?! T''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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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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