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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''+ I, L {* p) l) Q
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8 A$ S- S% j& H5 i, R; h''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."& a: ]5 A' @$ b5 s
; I7 v! L2 ? |+ l: I0 W4 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."
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.4 l8 w* G, F( k0 `, E; I
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."1 [2 P. b/ ^7 e, a
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"9 b8 m9 `7 x+ W3 {
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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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