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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''' p9 E6 _( l! Y" D: U$ ]! \6 d) j, i6 f
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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; v g+ x. t: w''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."0 w {# f& V o5 F, J9 K
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''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."/ Q5 b3 o9 ~: C. U/ e' G
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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."
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: @ v: C' }, L. H. A# q) @''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"+ q* Y5 U* c4 a: b) c7 S
# |+ i e* F% E5 V/ B''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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