Breaking: Cheney discharged from hospital

[doxieone]

Source: CNN

Instead of getting a battery change, they completely changed out his unit to a new
one.

No link yet.

IMHO they 'lied' to us. They could have said he was going to get a new one, but instead they told us it was to be a battery change.

No link yet.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. It's Always A Whole New Unit - And They Have To Stop His Heart To Test It

You can't just replace the batteries in these units.

Also note that they need to "stop" the heart in order to set the defibrillator properly. Just imagine the power in the hands of the doctor doing this...

[Donnachaidh]

3. can you imagine the background check done on this doctor?

Will they take the taps off his phones now?

[peacetalksforall]

9. Not to worry - they probably had master doctor Frist - a very faithful

puppet who has no qualms about embarassing himself for the sake of the WH during his reign as Majority man - the perfect caretaker.

[Liberal Lassie]

16. The hell with background checks. Can you imagine the point of maximum pucker

if it wouldn't restat? The poor guy's body would never be found.

[Eurobabe]

6. Oh I hope there are no complications

Did I say that?

[zonmoy]

7. he has a heart.

[rodeodance]

33. see the AP story below. No heart stop

[Exultant Democracy]

66. Darth Cheney, more machine then man with a twisted soul to match

his grotesque form.

[meow2u3]

67. Imagine if I were the doctor

:evilgrin: <just kidding, Agent Mike>

[Donnachaidh]

2. That's SOP for implanted units

Upgrading the entire unit. He's got better, probably smaller, and longer life on the new unit. I wouldn't be surprised if the previous one was thrashed with his track record.

[pokercat999]

4. Too f---ing bad, just too f---ing bad and that's all I have

to say about that.

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[Whoa_Nelly]

5. ...and the total price for all this IF it had been someone non-insured?

and how much of the taxpayers' money was spent to keep Darth's black heart beating?

[MannyGoldstein]

15. About $50k

For the defibrillator, implantation, and other related costs.

[CountAllVotes]

58. my uncle needed one of those done

However, he didn't have $50K to pay a "tune-ups". Needless to say he is now dead.

:kick:

[MannyGoldstein]

59. Sorry To Hear That - It Must Be Sad And Frustrating

If we had Medicare for All, then he might have gotten one.

[Botany]

8. I hope they didn't buy new ... put in a rebuilt one ... cheaper

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

12. Good one...

[Maddy McCall]

10. I thought that I had read on DU that it was going to be a new unit...

not a new battery.

[Cobalt-60]

11. It makes sense to replace the unit

as long as they're in there and have one handy.
If it were me, he'd get some Chinese AA cells....

[IDemo]

13. This one will be solar powered

so it looks like he is going to have to come out of the bunker now and then for a recharge.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Powered by manure would be more practical - Endless supply on-site.

[ooglymoogly]

14. Who the hell gives two flying fks what they put in this

fartbag. We can only hope all the whirring illegal spying equipment that surrounds him puts of a huge magnetic field.

[monmouth]

18. Was it done at Walter Reed????? (sarcasm).....hahahahahah

[aquart]

46. Was the unit made in China?

[connecticut yankee]

19. I hope it short circuits.

[theoldman]

20. The guy that Bush had lined up to replace Cheney if he

croaked is pissed. I guess he will have to wait a few more months.

[meowomon]

21. As a nurse

I can't even bring myself to have any compassion for this man. It makes me angry that I feel this way about another human being.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. Too bad they couldn't slip in a little recording device while they're in there.

When he finally dies they can recover the "black box" and see find out what's really been going on.

[sakabatou]

23. Zombie Cheney walks again!

[MetaTrope]

24. A Cheney discharge?

Some antibiotics should clear that right up...

[rodeodance]

25. Hope he has good health insurance

yadday yah!!

[candice]

42. Yep, you are paying for it (and for Halliburton's profits) with your tax dollar

[TheCowsCameHome]

26. Finding his heart was the hard part.

[rodeodance]

28. LINK: AP Cheney gets new battery for heart device

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070728/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney;_ylt=Asz5jPPwzNXUqU0qoqz01mqs0NUE


Cheney gets new battery for heart device

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said.
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"The device was successfully replaced without complication," Megan McGinn, the vice president's deputy press secretary.

Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, arrived with his wife, Lynne, in the morning for the procedure at George Washington University Hospital, and walked out about four hours later. He smiled and waved at photographers as he left.

Cheney returned to his home at the Naval Observatory and then resumed his normal schedule, McGinn said.

Doctors replaced the generator and battery part of the heart defibrillator. That device monitors Cheney's heart and would deliver an electric shock to reset the heart to normal rhythm if the heart ever went out of rhythm.

[NV Whino]

30. There's news...

Cheney smiled.

[rodeodance]

34. yahoo has a pic of him actually laughing

[NV Whino]

35. Now I'm really scared.

[MsKandice01]

44. It laughs?!?!

He must have just found out that Halliburton stock went up ANOTHER 100 percent.

[rodeodance]

32. they did not replace the actual defiberulator.

[Harry Monroe]

54. Maybe Congess could get a remote for that

"That device monitors Cheney's heart and would deliver an electric shock to reset the heart to normal rhythm if the heart ever went out of rhythm."

Just think, everytime the fucker does something illegal and evil, press the button and give the son of a bitch a shock. We could condition him like Pavlov's dog!!!

Dance Mailman!!!

[MidwestTransplant]

29. Cheney discharged and has now resumed the presidency

[ProudDad]

48. Yeah

I heard that while he was "under" he was handing power over to gwbush...

Luckily, no one told gwbush...

[Radicalman]

65. This Means The U.S. Will Attack Iran Soon?

Hey, why not? I'm getting bored with all of these defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan. Maybe we can just bomb them and not get involved in a land war where we always lose? I mean, first Korea then backing a failed invasion of Cuba, the disaster of Vietnam and now Iraq. Mabe we can get rid of the Vietnam-Iraq syndrome by turning Iran into a parking lot. Come to think of it, why not turn the whole world into a parking lot? Well, maybe that's a little extreme. Do you think we could win if we invaded Mexico? I'm not serious - just trying to get into the mind of Cheney.

[dchill]

31. Damn.

[Virginia Dare]

36. I hope he's in excruciating pain...n/t

[cboy4]

37. He's prolly gunna cite executive privilege in response

to question about the procedure.

I just loathe that man.

[Ian David]

38. They've turned him into an animal-human hybrid. n/t

[AndyTiedye]

39. It's a Sham! He Is Undead Already

When the evil Cheney finally was brought to justice, special arrrangements were needed.

[onewholaughsatfools]

40. See public health care does work

Public free health care does work and even dick cheney and George bush use it and use it often, these points should be stated every time they say it's no good.

[candice]

41. Socialized medicine (our tax dollars) paid for this and Bush's colonoscopy...

many Americans have to wait until they are 65 to have insurance and get meds. Bu$h tells them to go to the ER, while he and Congress get the best medical care money can buy (for the best government money can buy--4 health care lobbyist for each member of Congress).

Tell Congress to pass H.R. 676 Now!

http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/what-can-i-do/petitions/pnum649.php

[AwareOne]

43. SHIT! I guess my prayers didn't work.

[Connie_Corleone]

45. Damn.

[Ilsa]

47. He's healthy now? Send him to the "front lines." nt

[Danmel]

49. Why didn't they do it in the ER?

After all, that's where American go for their health care.

[struggle4progress]

50. Doesn't the hospital need a special permit to discharge toxic waste?

[Harry Monroe]

51. IT....IS....ALIVE!!!!!!

AAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! (PIERCING SCREAM!!!!!!)

:scared:

[Harry Monroe]

52. It's.. It's....... FRANKENCHENEY!!!

AHHHHHHHHH!!!!! :yoiks: :scared:

[Harry Monroe]

53. He got a new "unit"??

Lynne Cheney must be thrilled!!
:freak:

[dsweet]

55. Let get him a get-well gift.

We should band together and buy him an iPod

Study: iPods able to crash pacemakers

Ok, I'm joking, but I have a vague recollection that one of the bastids did have an iPod.

Hey, here's the story: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=1434676">Cheney's an asshole with his iPod

Let's keep this on the QT, mmmkay?

[daleo]

60. Cheney likes Johnny Cash? It's hard to believe.

It is funny how people can sometimes be drawn to artists who are so contrary to their own nature.

"What's on that iPod that Cheney was so eager to charge it up and put on the headphones?

The vice president's iPod library ranges from country to classical, according to an administration official.

He has a good amount of music from the 1940s and 1950s (oldies but goodies) and apparently is fond of Johnny Cash."

[mitchum]

56. That's too bad

[SOS]

57. "Discharged" seems to have more than one meaning

I'm guessing Cheney was not "discharged" in the same way my late mother-in-law was.
When her insurance ran out they took her out of the ICU, left her in a wheelchair in the hallway and told us to either pay cash or get out.

[Harry Monroe]

61. Overheard in the recovery room when the anesthesia wore off

LORD VADER......RISE!!!!!

[shaniqua6392]

62. I hope the batteries were made in China!!!!

We all know how reliable Chinese goods are. :evilgrin:

[provis99]

63. he has a pacemaker?

I thought vampire hearts did not beat!

[ooglymoogly]

64. The real breaking story here is that this vicious dirtbag has a heart...

I have it on good authority that what there is of a heart is the size of a hayseed and what they have really put in is a plastic heart to keep his fat ass alive and killin.

[Decruiter]

68. He has a fleshcase nuke.

OEM wetware cannot withstand many more manual upgrades.