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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''' q, s" L# q# Q" W/ T# p5 a. n
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''% h* t8 f. T- g6 U, [
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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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2 |! W4 [8 M9 ]% q/ q' z" ]''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."$ M, Q! ?9 I; q% j% t( {0 L! ^- o: Q0 \
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.# v- ]9 y" M* i
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."# H J, a" b+ \6 Y. Q6 j. V
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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- z$ l3 w; k; v1 [3 Q- y3 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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