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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''$ d$ [. _8 a7 b
9 u6 R* |0 |- l! s: f1 `. W"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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4 x4 S) |7 z) h"Speaking."# q( W3 I% g& ^* G8 |4 y+ H- c4 w4 L
. a9 A' v5 Q* N3 a2 ]" F" u- I''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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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.8 `- ?* T3 P. s3 [
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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."$ b6 n+ N" E6 M7 a- y6 O* s9 o
7 @; F6 x: T" D) e"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."+ j& D3 f( D# m1 m& o2 L$ Y9 {5 y
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?") s: m5 ~) H/ B% ]# C/ t
) v' Q8 G* Q1 n- z G* [7 M E c4 s''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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