Shot in the heart, lung and liver

[malaise]

cut the fugging spin. It's out now - Dr Bernadine Healy is on with Tweety and they're having a ball. Says they have not been forthcoming - the man is in serious trouble.

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. transcript?

Thanks

[malaise]

3. Tweety was just discussing with Dr Healy

we'll get the transcript later. She said 'heart, lung and now we're hearing liver'. Damn this is getting ugly.

Gr.

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. Great. Thanks.

nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. Geez, How Quick Do You Think The Transcripts Are Ready?

Patience Kemosabe, Patience.

[Warpy]

2. That means he was one hell of a lot close than 30 yards

like 20 to 30 feet, maybe.

[capi888]

4. Oh yes just heard her....and surprized that CM

Isn't buying their story either.....whoa is me....he thinks they are not being truthful. The Dr. doesn't think this is right also....

[malaise]

8. She raised her doubts about the spin

yesterday as well. She said he is in a serious condition with long term implications.

[emulatorloo]

21. matthews never a fan of cheney

at least in the hours of viewing I've wasted watching him

[converted_democrat]

5. I heard heart and liver, but the lung is a new one on me..

Geez, heart, liver, and lungs.. That can't be good.

[aquart]

15. Did she mention the two pellets in the larynx?

[converted_democrat]

20. Nope hadn't heard that one either. This just gets worse and worse.. n/t

[aquart]

39. But he's sitting up and doing work. They said so.

Also, eating regular food. Pellets. Larynx. Food. Sure, fine.

You know, I get a tiny cut on my finger and the pain makes me crazy. I marvel at the stoic Texan.

[converted_democrat]

40. I know this is bad but..

When they said he was sitting up doing paperwork I kind of yelled out loud.."Yea, if he's doing any "legal work" it's altering/writing his will." I mean the situation is sad, but I know they're lying.. They always lie..

[Botany]

6. shot in the heart, liver, and lung?

78 years old
heart attack
in the ICU
anywhere between 50 & 250 #7 bird shot in him?

But the press said he was sitting up & doing legal work in bed?

[xiamiam]

16. almost 30 years a 20 pump pellet shot went thru my hand...thru the

fleshy part on the outside of the palm...straight thru not embedded...still hurts...30 yrs later...

[Stephanie]

19. wow!

You should start a thread on that - see how many people here have been shot with pellet guns and what the results were.

[lumpy]

33. One of my kids shot a hole clear

our patio plate glass window using a saccharin tablet in his pellet gun from about 15 feet.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Peppered eh? Dude had major shotgun trauma. I wonder if they had to do a

thoracotomy (open his chest), or transfuse blood. Funny how things trickle out, over time.

[malaise]

11. Remember even Cheney said

he did not respond to him when he said whatever the fugg he said...and there was a lot of blood. What a tanged web we weave...

[hwmnbn]

25. yeah, I picked up on that too....

and that armstrong bitch said he was just "knocked silly, but he's fine." Which one was it?

If the lawyer's health deteriorates then those inconsistent statements will have to be reconciled.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. "Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him"

[daleo]

41. And all the perfumes of Arabia can't wash Cheney's hands clean.

[DoYouEverWonder]

18. They did a heart catherization

but they said they decided not to open him up to get the piece out of his heart, yet.

[Cocoa]

12. "this is something that happens from time to time"

Mrs. Armstrong.

[malaise]

14. Oh by the way Dr Healy

also shot down that lie about the pellet traveling - it went through clothes to the heart.

[Emit]

13. Who is Dr. Healy?

Is he one of the docs treating the man, or is he just offering an opinion? I'm just trying to find out if this "heart, lung, liver" thing is true or just speculation?

[malaise]

17. She - someone else posted

that she was a former president of the Red Cross. Looks like she's way more than that.
http://www.edwardsly.com/healyb.htm

[FormerRepublican]

22. I think she used to be head of the CDC or Department of Health or...

...something. Her name is VERY familiar.

Edit to add: I think I might remember her as head of Health and Human Services. Under Reagan, maybe?

[flordehinojos]

35. i think she was head of the CDC either under reagan or poppy bush

she is republican as hell. but she might be letting her medical conscience flourish under all of this spin to point out medical facts and truth.

[Emit]

23. Okay, thanks. But she's not treating him, right?

I'm assuming she's not actually a treating doc here, just giving opinion. Wonder where she's hearing the info about the extent of damage to this guy? Did they say in the interview where she had heard this about the liver, lung, heart thing?

Hopefully, the docs who are treating him are getting the news out. Maybe she has direct contact? Darn, I wish I had access to a tv right now so I can see what they're saying. Bits and pieces coming thru via a discussion board reminds me of that stupid telephone game I used to play in grade school -- you never know for sure what was actually said and the context surrounding it. I'll try to catch the repeat later. Thanks again for the info.

[malaise]

24. Well she's a Cardiologist

and a lifelong Rethug with a big position under Bushco 1

[Emit]

27. Okay, that too tells me even more. Thanks for filling me in! n/t

[napi21]

37. She is NOT personally treating him.

As to the liver story, I don't know exactly where that came from, but I read it in several posts here on DU today earlier this afternoon. I think one of those posts said it was on the radio so he didn't have a link.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

31. She was head of National Institutes of Health, and is a cardiologist.

[Algorem]

26. Cheney's gun is worth $23,000-just saw on this tabloid show,Inside

Edition.was changing channels and they had Bay Buchanan saying something about the media just being out to get Cheney or something.showed all pellets went through 2 layers of cardboard at 30 yards.

Charlie Rose has a discussion of it tonight with David Gergen and 2 or 3 other less-famous probably-schmucks.

http://www.charlierose.com

[Hubert Flottz]

28. And I'll bet you Cheney wishes now he'd never seen it!

If the man dies the gun will be worth even more to some morbid fuck!

[earth mom]

29. Just heard on the local news that Whittington is in ICU for "privacy"

reasons. :eyes: Give me a break! Obviously, they think we are all a bunch of morons!

My dad was in ICU about 27 years ago with a punctured lung and broken hip after my parents car popped out of gear and ran over him. He almost died-it was fricken SERIOUS. IMO, there is no way in hell a hospital is going to give up an ICU bed for someone to have some "privacy".
You want privacy? Go home then!

[malaise]

32. No one believes that story

further there is no privacy in ICU. There are more holes in this story than in poor Mr. Whittington.

[Avalux]

34. Hospitals have private rooms for elite guests like Whittington -

Medicare will not be paying his bill; he'd get a suite. ICU for privacy reasons?? Bullshit.

[progressivebydesign]

36. Ridiculous. They moved him out of ICU for a while...

was his need for privacy suddenly gone? And then reappeared? If he's so well.. why isn't he waving for a camera or wanting to give a brief statement in defense of his pal, Dick?

[cmutt]

38. not to be crude, but..

..if his condition worsens, do they pull a Shivo on him and hook up the Diehard?
Why doesn't Cheney donate his heart? After all, it's not like he's using it..

[Cleita]

42. Cheney's heart has been trying to escape him for years.

I think his heart would be happy to find a new host, however, I don't think that will happen. Cheney's heart is a battered thing with no hope.