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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''( @8 S" l# \7 l" a) U+ \
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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."3 w; N2 E, [( {2 F
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.0 a/ R4 n5 M/ Y. s
. L, f6 r! l: c" A. |"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.: Z* x! F) K5 F5 z" |* d) g, i, w
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"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."0 F$ Q2 E( t% r& E% a# M
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
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5 B1 r6 ^2 `1 L2 d$ w''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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