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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''. N9 ?; u8 L6 w) ~: `9 T
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- v" S) c: z) W* R) w8 |''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."7 n- a7 v& v% C3 _& A
! t5 w* f' C; _''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."
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."$ j( m6 Y( l# X" J" }
?9 ~" q9 `/ I; {- g, Y''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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* ]# D+ T) C) R& S: V) ?3 V- m''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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