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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''/ X+ m2 K+ W3 K; W& W
1 J2 _$ W+ ?6 K, j0 J"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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# z* D) x& w3 I! e1 B* A1 q: N% Q''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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5 t: ?* E: {8 V! E5 `9 V''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.
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& F0 M& F3 N. z8 ~+ {! Q# f0 z"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."" W8 D- k- {) [- [
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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1 p, u& i. S& G7 i/ m' {"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time."1 R/ Y2 O7 v& }7 I, a' C( I
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''Well, what am I supposed to do now?"* X# \. A B: y. W: b7 S% t( y
& a* ^8 \5 t5 K" v3 t5 f' M. f''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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