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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''. @ K6 C! e, v! L) N+ |
3 l5 z: G% y$ I9 c"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."7 Q5 ?% Z b. G4 W7 T* i5 I, C9 {
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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, B9 O+ f& z+ R$ j8 t) e"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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" u- Q s2 Z. m/ Y3 W" _5 ^) B"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."9 h$ K! R; Y$ Q+ |" B( p
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?", R j8 y. l% l: z' [2 D/ Z2 ~
8 s* E2 S" C8 W/ ^% X Z, a''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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