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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''" O0 W: q! I3 x) R, N$ V
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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& S, d" h+ T' R" `"Speaking."
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, C6 R9 |0 x4 \0 {/ T& [''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."2 i9 t5 u; b+ d: U
7 L- B, w! `+ T$ S9 e0 x''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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"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."4 `: M% N' X- Z; k* b
! x* q9 k# R( ?7 f; L"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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0 C- H! {' l; F6 m"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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5 q U, d# Z- O5 T! R''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"* Q) J% V! Q t F6 ]" a
9 d6 e1 E* V9 X) d- [. W- I j''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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