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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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3 J- [3 S) U p$ p2 Z"Speaking."
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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."; q! r0 p: B' x' w* N1 B
2 q# O* R3 D8 T& C' \''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.* p1 \5 a( k1 [* \8 ^
1 b0 m1 z( y( a$ N2 |, @$ `) F' v"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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; }0 c Y N8 T"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.& \, V+ G- \& D" ~+ m
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.": ?9 G9 L _8 d4 p/ u& i
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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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