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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''" u7 ]+ C _. a F
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''& L* Z' B( N: F$ x) j1 c
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, R9 r3 [; O7 c5 a9 F2 ]5 ]''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."& t- c6 E. Y( J/ e
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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K3 x$ x: M" G- J1 k"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."$ Q+ c" N- w5 f. \; ]7 P
% T) h+ Y7 ` {$ v ^) P! i"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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# z4 j# P6 d! c8 g7 a1 V0 o3 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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) K! Y3 h& \# p- H# i# M1 q0 T. x' _''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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