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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''% `, X. U+ h. E x
@4 S6 l" G! L* u+ ~"Mrs. Sanders, please.'': C! C- J8 ? y# x( m
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- G* d2 G/ x" Q( X) Y''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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' w: h2 V m, p; c''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.4 }' S, r& F4 U* H9 D
! k- i2 ]1 ~! j( y, C" l5 f"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."" U$ }6 u+ Z9 D. ~' Q D
% f* ^) [4 N: I4 v$ C- @' }2 D. V$ s"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."
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''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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