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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''" [5 k! H4 {! t
' U3 Y- z- E; M P4 J' v7 @. l"Mrs. Sanders, please.''+ e" E( k% r1 P# c+ C* S: w
0 R8 H, B0 c9 I"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."! V2 L4 p: E2 h/ G
" m) u$ V$ q3 A0 e''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."$ [' Q8 c+ V/ V+ V1 x
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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% p0 _! w0 n8 H" Q% W"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 T6 L ]4 C5 t" e0 b" p9 y# ^
2 C4 I8 g# x0 t1 m) q4 o; S) z''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"4 W3 c# w0 u p9 z, t9 _
3 w" [' U3 M6 y4 f''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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