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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''$ ?2 T! D& A5 E( m1 l
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, h! p I6 A; x. }5 o. d''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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; h8 k7 Z- X ]+ \''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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$ |7 N& M4 l8 u5 r$ p9 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."+ |- W( b9 A; T, O% w" ^" h# V
9 }% N4 u& h* Z7 ^6 P+ L"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.: }( F4 V/ F: z; T7 G5 ~
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."; F9 U! I2 c/ l
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"( |3 f% ]. o# z
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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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