So Cheney is still in hospital..

[HipChick]

no wonder he's been so quiet..


http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/08/dick-cheney-still-in-hospital.html

[Heidi]

1. Bless his hoart.

Kinda.

[Kber]

2. If he dies

you know it will be because Health Care Reform ruined the American Medical system.

[Vickers]

3. Jesus, even that guy he shot in the face wasn't in the hospital THIS long!

:crazy:

[Duer 157099]

4. I hope he goes bankrupt like the rest of us would with such a hospital bill n/t

[another saigon]

14. much like everyone in the BFEE

He has made a fortune off of taxpayers over the years. Sadly that does not prevent him from collecting the best health benefits this country offers. If he were joe shmoe he would have been dead decades ago.

[xxqqqzme]

5. Oh, goody he's planning on 'hunting'

and fly fishing. Important he keep killing living things, I guess. Wouldn't want to lose his touch.

[Cleita]

16. Maybe an exciting grizzly bear hunt in Montana

might get his heart pumping. Oops! I forgot! He doesn't have a heart.

[704wipes]

36. only if he can shoot a few cubs too

nt

[ThomWV]

6. Don't start feeling secure, he's just as dangerous there as anywhere else

plus he's still got that fucking idiot daughter running around somewhere.

[ejpoeta]

7. all i can say is.... if he were anyone else he would have been dead three heart attacks ago at least

and also, he sure as hell would have been booted from the hospital by now.

[underpants]

8. he. does. not. have. a. pulse.

[Lint Head]

9. It's not an undisclosed hospital I take it?

[TK421]

32. Our Lady of the Worthless Miracle n/t

edited to add: Naked Gun reference

[sakabatou]

10. I hope he recovers so we can through him in the Hague

[Owlet]

12. I'm with you

Having recently spent a few days in the hospital, I can sympathize with anyone who has been in one for three weeks. I'd much prefer a Dick Cheney strong and health....and standing before a war crimes tribunal.

[sakabatou]

30. I've been hospitalized for a week over 3 years ago

But it was for something much worse than a heart: my brain.

[Warpy]

11. Having an LVAD put in is no walk in the park

and lengthy hospital stays are the norm.

Remember, these things aren't put in until the patient is days--or hours--away from death. That means all body systems have been damaged and need time to recover as the LVAD begins to supply adequate blood to them for the first time in months or even years. It will take a great deal of time before he is able to be able to function at home, at all.

He's been quiet because he was basically buzzard meat the day of the surgery and then had a major surgery piled on top of it.

I wouldn't change places with that man for all his money and Buffett's money thrown in.

[gateley]

18. Interesting - thanks. I'm assuming they don't bother inserting one

unless they feel somewhat optimistic of success?

[HipChick]

22. It's either that..or getting a heart transplant

at least that's the options a friend of mine had...and they were not too optimistic on him getting a heart soon..

[gateley]

35. What happened to your friend? My heart sinks whenever I hear someone is on

an transplant waiting list --

[Warpy]

37. It's a last ditch operation in a patient who really wants to eke

out as much time as he can and can afford massive copays for a long hospitalization. The patient either has to be intelligent enough to be compliant with sterile technique and the other stuff he has to do to maintain the pump's function, as well as with rehab, or to be able to hire round the clock caregivers. I've mostly seen them used as a bridge to transplant, but they're now also approved for end stage congestive heart failure as an end in themselves.

As a bridge to an eventual transplant, I've seen them be miraculous, the patient building up strength and endurance he hasn't had for years as all his systems finally get adequately perfused.

I don't think Cheney will be a transplant candidate because he's not a good risk.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. I wonder how many books about him are waiting on his death

to be published.

[nebenaube]

15. Oh, poor guy must have MRSA by now... n/t

[gateley]

17. Even MRSA doesn't want to have anything to do with Cheney. nt

[lpbk2713]

19. Running up a monstrous bill we'll be paying for.

He's surrounded 24/7 by high priced specialists and all the latest technology.

He's a damn Billionaire but still we get stuck for all his medical bills.

Anyone else would be told to go home and "get their affairs in order".

[femrap]

26. That infuriates me. nt

[Bitwit1234]

20. Wait just a minute here folks

I thought as one poster says, according to Sarah Palin, the DEATH PANEL will send him home, because he is too sick to treat. Oh dear guess she told another lie, huh. Old limpless Dick is still old limpless Dick.

[woofless]

21. Is the head dead yet?

[upi402]

23. no just the dead head

:fistbump:

[femrap]

24. I hope he never touches

another reel.

[ThatsMyBarack]

25. So?

;)

[inna]

27. i really thought he died a week or so ago. i read a comment somewhere, but i guess it was a joke.

[Cleita]

28. Personally, I think he's in a coma and on life support,

but you wont get the truth until after they have to pull the plug.

[pleah]

29. You mean he ain't dead yet? Damn!

:evilgrin:

[malaise]

31. I knew it

They've been hiding this for weeks.

[janet118]

33. Where's the Death Panel now that we really need it ?

:sarcasm:

[kgnu_fan]

34. let me know when he is REALLY fiished nt

[happy_liberal]

38. I am sure he is still on the phone barking orders to his evil minions

n/t