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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''& _7 R. X" o' @1 t" T
' D$ W$ X1 D7 _! f"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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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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5 e7 i" @$ [- [- l0 C) S" r, Z''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.; X5 V) r- B( ], r: e
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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."3 p+ ~1 }2 n5 x. {; k+ ] V
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.8 W) R" \% L$ | ~6 ~
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.") f2 _5 c. T2 N3 @+ w
* `& D u) \; ?0 l- {3 V''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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: _2 _1 m, M8 w8 q. `1 f''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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