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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''! |4 I0 p/ \: I, {1 ?6 Y1 p( [6 I
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''. t; L5 S/ i! B8 Z' ]/ W: U1 c0 q
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' l1 Z& x5 q& q''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."3 W2 ]* \8 H. H' M* F. D, n
0 y% }. J [9 c W# w''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.: H+ o8 K! _( N# h
) L5 }" a' ^' p+ C"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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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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2 S- Y3 L& Y: m* y"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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