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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''* K m5 `# V5 B4 K( G
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''9 O2 v: z. Y8 J' B7 p( T/ M
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"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."
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& S1 l2 ~5 r7 z6 _ [2 }, m''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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( O0 l$ v" H* |"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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& h3 ~; l, }/ Y+ |( ^/ E2 s+ _"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.9 Z, V. J: O: g
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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?"
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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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