Cheney Needs a New Heart

[blogslut]

...battery that is:

Cheney Needs New Pacemaker Battery

Friday June 8, 2007 6:01 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney's routine checkup on Friday revealed no new blockages in his heart, but doctors said he needs a new battery for a special pacemaker he has in his chest, a spokeswoman said.

The battery in his implanted cardiac defibrillator is reaching its limit, said Megan McGinn, deputy press secretary for the vice president. She said doctors must replace the entire device to replace the battery, and that the surgery will be scheduled this summer at a convenient time for the vice president.

Cheney underwent his annual physical, which included a stress test, at the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates near George Washington University Hospital. Doctors also checked out Cheney's cardiac defibrillator, which was implanted in June 2001 to shock his heart if he an irregular heartbeat...

link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6694683,00.html

[Amy6627]

1. Your subject line is very misleading! It implys that Cheney has

a heart in the first place!

[blogslut]

3. Well, the Wizard gave him that watch

;)

[Hand]

15. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt

[Ganja Ninja]

2. Hopefully he gets a nice new battery made in China. n/t

[Eurobabe]

28. Or better yet, a Guidant brand, replace the whole thing!

:evilgrin:

[PA Democrat]

4. Cheney is only 66 years old. He's had a lot of health problems for someone his age.

I wonder what percentage of Americans would have survived to Cheney's age with the same set of health problems? Anyone without health insurance would be dead and buried by now. Anyone under-insured would be dead and/ or bankrupt.

[Eurobabe]

7. But he IS bankrupt, just morally

:hi:

[PA Democrat]

11. LOL! That's the truth!

[Eurobabe]

5. Cheney's shelf life has expired, quite frankly

he doesn't need a new pacemaker battery, he requires Dr. Frankenstein to reconstruct him.

[Spinzonner]

6. Can't they just recharge it

through those electrodes on his neck ?

[LiberalFighter]

25. Charge him with a defibulator every 45 minutes

That way he knows he will get another charge every 45 minutes and will be dreading the next charge.

[Marr]

8. He ate the last one too fast.

"Tell him to wait 20 minutes", said a White House official, "and if he's still hungry we'll see if we can find another puppy".

[Eurobabe]

9. People they are setting it up, Cheney will resign

to spend more time with his pacemaker!!!

[aquart]

10. Resign? Cheney? No way.

But what's the mortality rate on that surgery?

[Donnachaidh]

16. it's not a huge deal

had a neighbor who had her pacemaker removed, due to the same thing. Of course, she didn't have the sort of care Darth will have, especially the aftercare.

The batteries do run out on implants. Doctors then usually advocate putting in newer, flashier, more expensive models. The newer models last longer, too.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Misplace his new model

[Donnachaidh]

27. err, doubt the docs would miss out on the fees to implant it

but it's a thought, isn't it? :evilgrin:

[Occulus]

31. Stupid question, but

why can't they make them, uh, rechargable?

"Hang on, honey, we can't go out tonight. I gotta plug in my heart."

:D

[bdamomma]

20. he won't resign his vendetta against this country isn't finished yet

[Jim__]

12. Is there anything they can do for his head? - n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

13. He's setting up his ENRON style escape!

He's headed for Halliburton headquarters after they "cremate" him.

[stellanoir]

14. If he only ever had one in the first place. . .

[Initech]

17. Cheney needs a heart, Bush needs a brain, and Gonzo needs a spine.

Hey, all they need is a Dorothy and they could be just like the Wizard of Oz!

[bdamomma]

18. find a convenient time to replace the battery? oh, this may throw off

Cheney's agenda interesting.

[dogday]

19. He just needs a wooden stake through it

and he will fine.... He has sucked the blood of America's children with his policies... No pity for this old waste product whatsoever....

[bdamomma]

21. unbelieveable how someone so evil manages to stay alive

tick toc, tick toc etc.

[DFW]

22. I hope this is not the start of a really scary story:

Namely: Rove & Co. both know that the current crop of Republican
candidates (including Thompson) excites about as much as last week's
sports section (Arabic edition).

Save the right scenario:

Cheney resigns, Rice is nominated and confirmed, and becomes the
undisputed Republican nominee in 2008.

[Eurobabe]

29. Precisely what I posted above, they are setting this up

But it ain't gonna be Rice, she's fried. That woman has ZERO chance of getting the nomination.

[krispos42]

23. The 4th word is inappropriate n/t

[Bitwit1234]

24. ADD to that

brain.....................

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

30. Oh, but if he only had a brain.

Or even a little bit of courage.