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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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* e+ S' K6 V& T0 s& M3 `% E"Mrs. Sanders, please.''6 d8 D0 H w7 e, }5 d$ P
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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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0 {( l6 j- O5 c& [, Z) r, M''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously." o Z m. Y/ S8 t* w! I4 \0 z% R* H; P
$ `& E1 E$ l% M* n* c; L"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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4 j. {* t2 ]1 [$ x$ c"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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b, B; h9 n( B8 l''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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