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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''* j; a N9 x* {; f3 Y& y
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''6 R: }8 n' ~" a M$ F8 I, H
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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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3 F4 ^/ C- I4 z$ L( i''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously./ `, u/ x' s2 x. I7 [5 ~
1 C3 |/ f6 L5 ]# x0 q" Z"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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"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."
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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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