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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''' e) R0 F# v. }" Y( S$ V& }) E+ R
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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% e: g! J; ?* j) S2 O' U''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."% v" j% M, Q$ n( q1 R R! u7 W i+ Z
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.7 I) p9 l5 o' G n# Q3 }$ r
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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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1 F/ `5 f% h- t5 h) y"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.4 d8 `/ v1 }$ y4 T$ A3 Z4 p% `
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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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