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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:21 PM
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Cheney Needs a New Heart
...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
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Amy6627 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:22 PM
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1. Your subject line is very misleading! It implys that Cheney has
a heart in the first place!
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:23 PM
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3. Well, the Wizard gave him that watch
;)
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:51 PM
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15. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:23 PM
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2. Hopefully he gets a nice new battery made in China. n/t
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 11:22 PM
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28. Or better yet, a Guidant brand, replace the whole thing!
:evilgrin:
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:25 PM
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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.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:29 PM
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7. But he IS bankrupt, just morally
:hi:
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:39 PM
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11. LOL! That's the truth!
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:29 PM
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5. Cheney's shelf life has expired, quite frankly
he doesn't need a new pacemaker battery, he requires Dr. Frankenstein to reconstruct him.
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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:29 PM
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6. Can't they just recharge it

through those electrodes on his neck ?
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 06:54 PM
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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.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:30 PM
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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".
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:30 PM
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9. People they are setting it up, Cheney will resign
to spend more time with his pacemaker!!!
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:34 PM
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10. Resign? Cheney? No way.
But what's the mortality rate on that surgery?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:52 PM
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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.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 06:55 PM
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26. Misplace his new model
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 08:26 PM
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27. err, doubt the docs would miss out on the fees to implant it
but it's a thought, isn't it? :evilgrin:
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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 11:42 PM
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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
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:56 PM
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20. he won't resign his vendetta against this country isn't finished yet
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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:42 PM
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12. Is there anything they can do for his head? - n/t
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:45 PM
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13. He's setting up his ENRON style escape!
Edited on Fri Jun-08-07 01:56 PM by Hubert Flottz
He's headed for Halliburton headquarters after they "cremate" him.
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:51 PM
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14. If he only ever had one in the first place. . .
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:52 PM
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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!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:54 PM
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18. find a convenient time to replace the battery? oh, this may throw off
Cheney's agenda interesting.
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dogday Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:54 PM
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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....
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:57 PM
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21. unbelieveable how someone so evil manages to stay alive
tick toc, tick toc etc.
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:57 PM
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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.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 11:24 PM
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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.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 01:59 PM
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23. The 4th word is inappropriate n/t
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 02:22 PM
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24. ADD to that
brain.....................
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ithinkmyliverhurts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-08-07 11:25 PM
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30. Oh, but if he only had a brain.
Or even a little bit of courage.
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