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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Dick of a war criminal had a heart transplant today
He's in the ICU
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/24/149308964/dick-cheney-recovering-after-heart-transplant
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering after having a heart transplant, his office says.
HIs office released a statement Saturday disclosing the surgery, and saying that Cheney has been on the transplant list for more than 20 months.
Aide Kara Ahern says Cheney is recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., after undergoing the surgery. She says the former vice president does not know the heart donor's identity.
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I only want one question answered - is it time yet?
lob1
(3,820 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)lob1
(3,820 posts)alittlelark
(18,890 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,495 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)how sad someone did not get a heart and that asshole did.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)I would hate to be that donor's family member. It would make my skin crawl to know that my loved one's heart went to perpetuating evil.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Are kept away from the matching officers. Not just procedure, but law.
DippyDem
(659 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)R&K
malaise
(269,212 posts)What a waste.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)His ticker was floating in venom.
malaise
(269,212 posts)That might have made it the best match ever
barbtries
(28,813 posts)for the donor's family. i would be horrified. this is my first off the cuff reaction to this news other than that which i cannot say out loud.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)when he didn't have a heart to begin with? His old oil pump must have gone on the fritz, so they took him to the mechanic to have a new one installed.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)I kinda liked the idea of Dick the Walking Dead.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)lpbk2713
(42,769 posts)So he's probably going first class all the way.
... while others die before their time due to no health insurance coverage.
glinda
(14,807 posts)malaise
(269,212 posts)Someone needs to explain this to me
bedazzled
(1,771 posts)what amazes me is, WITH INSURANCE and WITH LOUSY TREATMENT
she still gets a ton of bills.
11 Bravo
(23,928 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)and jump out and yell "Boo!" when they're wheeling him out of the hospital.
dhill926
(16,372 posts)made me spray my chardonnay......
malaise
(269,212 posts)Ilsa
(61,705 posts)I can't imagine anyone actually giving him a heart.
Was anyone executed in the last 24 hours?
Incitatus
(5,317 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)mucifer
(23,576 posts)malaise
(269,212 posts)Remember I've had this champagne on ice for ages
LisaL
(44,974 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)You know, to complete the look.
Initech
(100,107 posts)Transplant would imply he had a heart to begin with.
ladywnch
(2,672 posts)vaguely resembling a heart. It will see it as a foreign object.
malaise
(269,212 posts)on the battieries
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Even cut up parts of hearts will 'pump' when they get an electric shock.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)if the donor was at least 108.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)MichaelMcGuire
(1,684 posts)Pisces
(5,602 posts)And he takes a viable heart from another person who is definitely younger and more deserving!!
malaise
(269,212 posts)He's been on batteries for ages. It's a waste of a good heart.
Suppose the deceased had a living will stating clearly Anyone but Cheney?
guitar man
(15,996 posts)Nobody else was a match for this guy
DippyDem
(659 posts)he can be Mitt's VP candidate?
TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Good news.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)and even angrier that I can't truly voice that reaction. But, I will say...
If my relative's heart was used to perpetuate this man, I would be very angry.
Kingofalldems
(38,495 posts)Doing all that manly stuff.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I'd rather see my heart rot in the ground than go to this criminal.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Not a pleasant thought.
arthritisR_US
(7,300 posts)won't help him, he's still missing a soul.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)and, of course, too little far too late.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Knowing what I know of what awaits him, with all them lovely drugs.
Oh and it goes without saying, he did not jump over any line...and this is not a nice procedure or easy life after the fact.
I am not that surprised he made it into the list either.
malaise
(269,212 posts)I mean can you transition from a battery since January 2011 and survive this mess at his age and condition?
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Also the cocktail of anti rejection drugs at times make the patient quiet sick.
He will have a better quality of life, but the question is how much. Also his cardiac issues may mean a heart attack.
malaise
(269,212 posts)his life