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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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& q. @1 n9 F9 v# { C9 K/ H"Mrs. Sanders, please.'') `0 X. c R. N4 p
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"Speaking."
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& E1 D% A9 |/ Y0 N! g/ g5 {''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."2 f$ X7 \# ~- M7 d
1 R4 @1 L2 U6 M) r''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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5 \, g/ W7 h" z' I5 z"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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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time." V8 H/ P* N# }6 P
& e' m& c) o2 e3 t" t' [# i {''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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