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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"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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" T0 w$ o: A; t" [& Q''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.8 r* N. r( j3 B1 `0 Q* m) Y
0 _2 R3 d4 o1 G& S5 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.". _6 ]3 r1 Y5 ]* W
5 ~5 U% [; r* C$ k* ]& Z. Q$ P' Z# g"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."
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"; A$ X2 F0 t7 R8 X. I
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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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