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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''. G j$ b& M% I: j
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''3 Y$ F1 J: c! R+ \7 t0 L
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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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9 Z7 i- u# b Y C''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.7 R6 P: z$ W+ r5 X8 b! N4 C
" z* t+ {! f# \ M7 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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' Q2 I3 ~3 e/ R8 q, h x# X"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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5 t A) U$ k) c& f+ W"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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" Z$ F# {7 S. u+ h. {''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"5 N- N Z: y/ v* f
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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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