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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''- J% u6 B- y2 z2 a+ w
! Z: N" b( v1 h8 A" l8 ~2 A& J"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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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."
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& u! D3 P6 f6 k9 T1 f''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.9 P1 G! M! }! Y/ F$ S; _
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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."6 s0 d# F1 e( O J9 F( G2 _
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."8 ~* V, `3 M* z. _
: t" e9 T% W: Q3 Z8 W''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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