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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& g, m2 ]& N( S
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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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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2 `7 {- F; e" E; E- s''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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8 o. b! x8 ], t4 ]* r"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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! W0 y2 u! n% h7 C. i- l"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.1 \4 W* F8 x: g+ {: ]
2 W! }5 [& S' z"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?". b: f; x4 k( u& r/ ^3 B a
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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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