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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.''. B# q; r J3 O% b/ k/ X5 g
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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: I2 _" k, p6 |# t! {4 I"Speaking."
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; e6 t" f) s9 n5 b0 u) Y8 A''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.": u5 \1 F0 ^) z5 h5 w6 \
2 X' s& o( ~9 S3 \# _- _''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.: d' k3 j' z( J T
3 @9 z; T! f3 s, z0 K"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."3 @' l# Y# A- t, Z" J
& n P6 K2 A! ~+ _5 x8 }"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.
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0 A3 y8 F9 A* C6 u: x! J"Normally we can, but Medicare will only pay for these expensive tests one time.": C0 A. w! L9 h4 j* n) {6 l/ R% O& ~
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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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