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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''. V( j; V$ f# F' I6 Z/ k
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''0 z% k2 W( v/ E
$ T7 b! j, h1 p"Speaking.", s( L0 w; F1 W, {( j2 Y
) Z/ _: u4 j* G''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."6 s; U+ `! h/ q5 _
2 c1 K: M$ O5 O''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.1 T' r D* i- H8 `* ?" S# x
- j. o" h2 N+ ^+ g"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."* @; b5 f- I! G) {! G' \
7 ^/ |" ?, |. N"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.7 o6 G' E6 p9 M0 w3 G' X; A* g
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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: e" D1 U+ ^- S! k. V& t''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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/ s X$ g! |: @3 E" |- G4 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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