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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''$ D' q8 W: q. N9 o1 O/ z
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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; u0 t% ]( u8 \) `"Speaking."* u2 P6 K+ i$ x1 m5 e- Z* l
2 P6 t: [2 x/ M/ ^1 T. W3 z- z1 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."' x0 G: o" L% A: N6 S
! ^% b. U+ P+ ~( q+ \+ E. h''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.* z# u' o. D: c6 ]0 Z
. C6 u7 Z8 \! ]"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."2 t. ~0 ^/ H8 n1 o0 L
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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' e9 Q# U2 K# K0 {7 v) A: |/ t"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."& ?; \) [" _6 _' W2 Z
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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" c# d! t, h" @; \3 d" G! q''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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