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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''# N3 \% |6 A4 E$ j |
$ D* \, h& l$ H, U& i+ Z- R6 q1 d2 |"Mrs. Sanders, please.''$ c& m4 v! ]0 v3 X# y
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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."; r, B9 s; G) W& q" U8 S3 k4 h: A d
( ?, }; @" }2 U''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."" F+ c5 X' ` ], d, S: ]
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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! X; ~! p _$ J9 i9 E$ R! \9 A% q"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."! ~ ]& B, u% G+ q) W# l
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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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