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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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, V. Q3 i! R g"Mrs. Sanders, please.''2 I& r9 e" U Z1 I' d$ g" q" T
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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.": P, Q- S2 o, c
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously./ I$ Q3 j; y2 V
! t- i' o( h! ?' E4 @: d' W% E"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."- ]1 r0 C3 u4 f/ {9 Z' T
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.3 g0 a& W7 g6 m( b% n* U: @8 T
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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8 R- _" i! e* z$ d1 @0 o0 s1 b''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"4 |8 l3 e/ k' {1 f# V/ F
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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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