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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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; r! z, Q$ J7 R; t3 [* ~"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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1 M# y2 _# `: P; O, X''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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f- s$ ~/ k/ z0 I''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."" }1 V. u" j d x* h& Q, w
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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1 {# w% I! e9 ?& x% j"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.": Q$ [ V9 b I" V& H% Y
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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$ }0 V. m; C) I$ A''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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