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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'': F0 G# ^+ i- k
' ], W; d) {3 u. U. T2 r. ?8 w' z"Mrs. Sanders, please.''+ M, S, i3 f4 X: z( t9 m
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. R; @- [; v+ |''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."" @# T: p: I& \% k
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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. Q: q1 m/ ^' f2 j8 t1 `7 l"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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! s) P0 {5 b# H# S+ I"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."# L3 l& }5 z1 ^ |1 x- O: x8 l8 T& ~
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"7 j; p8 e+ B- W
4 I8 v3 f: s5 v/ 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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