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The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'' l# {) z1 A+ U& k
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''8 G; P5 x, D4 x a
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"Speaking."
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( G* T- f' Z. T C% {''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."' F! x/ _% K' H1 s- u: c
. G) _, X/ W, }''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.8 a( Q+ `. u* p N2 z
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"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.". p4 L& u! Y5 V
1 V: M9 c* e$ [) G' ~8 x. e3 P"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.& U0 ]9 d3 W' H$ o1 B7 R+ P
$ \. u. j) Y5 h, W* ~5 V"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?"
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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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