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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''1 j- G) k) i& l/ V& [
# o) `% j% _, o" p2 G8 v" v"Mrs. Sanders, please.''3 j, v$ u+ P7 s8 ?4 j- s ]
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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."& {1 C& T' H" Q
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.* ^. C. J$ b' i2 E/ A
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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."/ a9 C8 `8 A: }; A9 h- A# I* a* @
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.3 z: O& d6 l/ z! I
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."
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4 g! j. M- W6 [''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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