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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'' R9 N* B2 [* F1 S! A# M
; x6 P8 E& q( P3 X7 [7 S"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"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.") _. L1 g) b! \% a3 o
( e7 K! }! V' m" z4 ?. C7 {''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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0 s- [# l. H; n8 X2 ~# W"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."
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! p# I" j5 O7 j# J! ?4 y7 ]''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"1 s. J0 v0 D. x% G$ j4 F1 U+ I
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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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