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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& Q4 p' w5 y0 k' A R) X4 Z% R
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''2 M! V7 z; m) v& G0 D
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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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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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2 n* V/ P: ]* ?" 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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" |/ W) s9 q; I# p# M. `"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.5 Q; G' ]9 Q6 f1 \; j P
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."5 u" f( |2 R) T$ V+ l9 B
+ W+ W& F/ t% w/ w9 ^2 V ]''Well, what am I supposed to do now?", L; W) l, \0 Y2 R7 j
: O7 r, E6 J* m6 g, R/ s5 p+ A''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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