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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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$ D0 J* b- A/ L"Mrs. Sanders, please.''% x8 ?: ]' d ^
/ I6 a ^* f; {& [- a"Speaking."
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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."- a1 J y# g: F* l& j; g, k3 l3 u
' P3 n3 D% J7 k''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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/ j1 w, r O; X; Z"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.
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# i! c' W$ u7 N0 J8 V* X7 G* r; _"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"+ C5 O+ q- `1 e1 i; g0 L" I, a8 G
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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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