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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''3 {. e1 N! b% e. V& a
; b) o+ a* z# N9 S# H! T"Mrs. Sanders, please.''8 @9 `9 o1 |: t; w% D- ]
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"Speaking."
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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.2 d; U4 j( s9 B8 _; O1 O3 s
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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."& L& C' ]: ^4 ?# k+ X
5 x% H% w' z6 h+ |"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.8 J( t( m8 N$ M5 {
: I+ [) @- o+ M- W }/ O# u"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.": }1 f! Q y1 c5 Y# i+ E; K) O
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"; m. V! e+ B# H) h
) t4 z) C( f# |8 ?1 J''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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