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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''1 a D: w# G, G
9 P# z+ h* b0 @4 @" k. ^"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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: M0 U+ J# p4 ~" \; U& 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."$ r4 V5 {( O. t3 \
3 G, w' {) X" F+ W# { r''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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3 [% b( E$ S, D2 S"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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$ |! i, @ }! C2 R7 l. x) ~3 D"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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( q/ p$ x0 W/ S: K5 p8 S- b( D1 I& P"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?"5 {2 ]+ d+ q3 l* _% @' I; P" {
2 z; }3 v, Z- ~) O''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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