NBC: VP Cheney taken to D.C. hospital for routine checkup on his leg.

[sabra]

Source: MSNBC

BREAKING NEWS NBC: VP Cheney taken to D.C. hospital for routine checkup on his leg.



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Cheney heads to hospital for checkup
Vice president has follow-up appointment to check on blood clot in leg

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney went back to George Washington University Hospital on Tuesday for a follow-up examination in connection with a blood clot discovered in his leg, NBC News reported.

“He’s getting a routine follow up on his leg. It’s just a routine checkup,” said spokeswoman Megan McGinn.

Just over two weeks ago, doctors discovered a blood clot in the vice president’s leg. They said at the time that he likely would have to be treated with blood-thinning medication for several months.
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Spokeswoman Lee Anne McBride said at the time that the 66-year-old had visited his doctor’s office on March 5 after feeling minor discomfort in his calf. An ultrasound showed the blood clot — called a deep venous thrombosis —in his left lower leg.

[aquart]

Dear me. Clearly he is too weak to testify.

Anytime soon.

[HuffleClaw]

20. boy, you said it.

'following doctor's orders...' will be the quote i'm sure.

[bigworld]

1. The government-funded health system

is working out pretty well for him, isn't it?

[Atman]

2. Hydraulic fluid leak

The stress is getting to him. He needs a looooong, relaxing plane flight, in coach class.

.

[KittyWampus]

5. wouldn't that make things worse for him...

OH! :+

[CrazyOrangeCat]

7. indeed.

another couple trips to Australia would be most beneficial . . .

[shain from kane]

11. Time for an oil change?

Certainly no change in oil policy.

[Ilsa]

16. I think he should try for a Guinness World record for

consecutive flight hours. He needs a success in his life to bolster his ego. :sarcasm:

[underpants]

21. The Tin Man

[Botany]

3. I wonder if his "medical condition" will force him to leave his job?

Oh Mr. Vice President, about that $140,000 you paid for that furniture
can we see a receipt and the furniture too?


http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/19/carol-lam-white-house/

[Solly Mack]

4. curiouser and curiouser

snicker

it's a wave of mutilation

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. Is his body reacting to the cyborg parts again? n/t

[Monkeyman]

8. Tell Me If They Find A Real Heart

[kineneb]

23. my thought, too. n/t

[rcdean]

28. Oh, he has one. It's just never been used. n/t

.

[rodeodance]

9. NOthing about blood clots and thinners is Routine (esp with his History!)

[quiet.american]

10. Sheesh, NBC -- why is a routine follow-up big news? n/t

[sabra]

12. good question... another q - is it common for the VP office to announce

a routine appointment?

[cmd]

17. Ha! It wasn't routine

Darth was experiencing some discomfort in his leg this morning. They sent him to the hospital. Latest word is that he is ok.

[quiet.american]

18. I see the story has been upgraded from "routine" to "discomfort." --

-- but who cares if Cheney's leg is bothering him -- he's got health insurance on our dime -- which is more than I can say for 45 million Americans.

[Tigress DEM]

27. USA Today says "NOT so routine" Wonder what the odds are he'll beat this thing? About 3%?

:dilemma:


Deep vein thrombosis strikes an estimated 2 million Americans each year, killing 60,000.

[quiet.american]

31. Are you trying to cheer me up or what? n/t

[Tigress DEM]

35. Do what I can. nt

[quiet.american]

39. :) n/t

[Thor_MN]

43. Discomfort, my ass. SOB had an anxiety attack about his corrupt little world crumbling around him

He just realized he actually may experience a little personal responsibility. Having never felt that before, he freaked and figured someting must be wrong.

[Lars39]

13. Note the passive headline...."taken", as opposed to "returned".

[samplegirl]

14. to assume room temprature

before he can kill again

[Greeby]

15. Maybe his leg tried to escape

:evilgrin:

[BigDDem]

24. Cut and run!

[Ilsa]

19. Backtracking -- they are saying he was experiencing some

discomfort in his leg, and they had to check it out. But they are saying it is no nig deal for there to be soreness near the site of the previous clot.

I bet he gets his hangnails checked out.

[maddezmom]

22. BS, not routine...experienced leg pain. Maybe he'll step down?

US VP Cheney gets new check-up after leg pains 9 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney, diagnosed earlier this month with blood clots in his leg, returned to a hospital on Tuesday for a checkup after feeling discomfort, his office said.

"The vice president experienced discomfort in his left lower leg this morning. After consultation with his physicians, he was asked to return to the George Washington University-Medical Faculty Associates for repeat ultrasound imaging of the deep venous thrombosis in that leg," Cheney spokeswoman Megan McGinn said.

She said that he was expected to return to work later Tuesday at the White House.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070320/pl_afp/ushealthcheney_070320181122

[Tigress DEM]

25. Aw that's so sad. People can die from this kind of thing. ( ;

So USA Today says, "Not so routine"

2 million Americans face this problem, 60,000 DIE.

Geeze math wiz types out there, what are the odds that our "beloved" dv I mean vp may die?


http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-20-cheney-hospital_N.htm

<snip>
Blood clots that form deep in the legs can become killers if they break off and float into the lungs. This is called a pulmonary embolism. Deep vein thrombosis strikes an estimated 2 million Americans each year, killing 60,000.

Many people suffer DVT after spending long periods without moving, such as passengers on long-haul airline flights. Cheney had just spent about 65 hours on a plane on a nine-day, round-the-world trip.

[saigon68]

26. ~

[Kolesar]

29. Killed a friend of mine

He was in the prime of his life and a really nice man.

[Tigress DEM]

34. Sorry to hear that.

Really sorry about your friend.

Still can't help wishing this clot would save us all the trouble of a dragged out impeachment process on bozo #2.

[Kolesar]

45. Thanks. His employer relocated him out of state many years ago

We had lost touch; then another member of our gang told me when I met at a fair last year. Syd had this Texas drawl and the best stories to tell. Kind of makes you wonder what it's all about.

[Oak2004]

30. If he has survived so far, his odds are excellent

regrettably.

(I survived emboli in both lungs, myself, once. Scary odds for that, though).

[Cha]

38. Isn't that what killed David Bloom ,

the intrepid nbc reporter, in Iraq? Riding around in a tank all day, embedded as he was?

[BadGimp]

32. I keep clicking on the MSNBC link hoping he's dead..

Is that wrong? It feels wrong. A little bit wrong.

[Auntie Bush]

40. What a cute picture.

Did they assume that position on their own ...or did someone place them like that? Either way...they're adorable!

[truthisfreedom]

33. Weird that our vice president has become no more useful to us than a life-support system for a clot.

Before the clot, he was completely useless. Now the fact that his body is struggling with all it's might to keep that clot alive actually gives us hope!

[Hekate]

41. I had a weird flash that Darth is the life-support system for Bush...

Gods, that was a strange image indeed.

Hekate

[AndyTiedye]

36. Removal of Wooden Stake

[goforit]

37. Geeee....I hope he gets better so he can face the music when he gets back!

Don't y'all want your money that he has personally taken away from you and your hard working tax money???

I want to freeze every friggin bank account he owns here on our land of the United States of America and overseas in every
offshore account known to the Human rsace!!!!

Just want to tell "Santa", I want more than just my friggin front two teeth.

[Hekate]

42. Best of health, Mr.V-P; we don't want you to cheat the (metaphorical) gallows

Cheney needs to be strong so he can sit in the courtroom all the way through his impeachment and his subsequent trials.

Hekate

[sofa king]

44. His leg was full of crap.

Just like the rest of him.

[pinniped]

46. The evil techs had to reseat his 14,400 kbps modem card.