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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'': \) ]9 o9 w" p6 q9 X, e o
2 g: H' R9 l7 W) i: G/ v. |"Mrs. Sanders, please.''* z( j, A2 w. T# ^
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6 u& j: w& T; E% X+ A8 W' M''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."" L1 S8 c# I& B% u+ A
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously." ?9 {' |7 B/ C/ e# x/ }
% Y' k/ B6 G- ~) _, N+ O"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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8 r& q) [6 u1 m4 H"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.- W' |0 S) c- `
$ g4 b R$ D# P' a8 ^+ Y"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."; L- @/ M4 [1 s! }
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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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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