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 The phone rings and the lady of the house answers, "Hello.'') D7 d$ E0 J0 c1 N. I# m
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"Mrs. Sanders, please.''
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"Speaking."9 p, p( @7 M9 t, U$ O0 r
& n' P) R' Y: k( z& E0 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."6 q2 `. j; N& Z, `3 |8 w2 x* k
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''What do you mean?" Mrs. Sanders asks nervously.) ?1 i( L" s! H9 C) c% y: [
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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."
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"That's dreadful! Can't you do the test again?" questioned Mrs. Sanders.$ i4 N" J1 q; i) j% }" a# T
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"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?") H( H+ G$ u: s2 X+ Y
2 Y* t4 D, h" @; f1 `''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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