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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'') M" {- N7 e/ q0 D4 R
" K; Q3 L# W' U& d5 ~"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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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."0 A) u" B- `. a7 A+ V
; v4 @6 z* X9 N, |''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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' r/ p2 m* P% J5 Q9 y"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."6 a3 W+ r* Q$ V
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.0 z0 ~ w8 k5 _: v% {" T0 N
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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. { m$ R2 }+ _, N+ W''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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