Cheney to have heart defibrillator replaced

Cheney to have heart defibrillator replaced

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Vice President Dick Cheney, a survivor of four heart attacks, will have his internal heart-regulating device replaced later this year, his office said on Friday after he had his annual checkup.

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Cheney, 66, had his most recent heart attack shortly after the November 2000 election, although it was considered mild. He had the defibrillator implanted in his chest in 2001 to help regulate his heartbeat.

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Woah. Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah. Woah. Hold up.

He had a heart attack in November of 2000? Am I the only one who didn't hear about this? The vice president has a heart attack in 2000 and it's not mentioned in the news? Was the election coverage that comprehensive?

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Originally posted by Togetic
Woah. Woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah woah. Woah. Hold up.

Its not really new news. The heart attack and the placement of a pacemaker / defib was made public when it happened.

Didn't realise he had a heart!

Sorry!

I've got to admit, this came as a complete shock to me. Cheney has a heart?

Oh yeah, I remember it. He was in the hospital for just a day or two, and then light work after that.

The only trouble the doctors had was hooking up the wiring from the implant to his heart. But that was taken care of as soon as some micro-technicians were flown in.

A nurse reported that the to put him under sedation completely they told him that his retirement fund from Halliburton had been deleted, and to bring him around after the surgery they just waved a five dollar bill under his nose.

But everything except the first two sentences here are just hearsay.

Drive a wooden stake through it, cut off his head and stuff his mouth with garlic and throughly sprinkle him with holy water.

It works with vampires but I am not sure about Cheney.

Try exposing him to sunlight outside of a disclosed location as well.

Cheney is awesome! He survived four attacks...whoa! Who else do you know that could survive so many heart attacks? I think he just needs to get some exercise...he's just really stressed out from all the bureaucracy.

Ahhhh --- great to soak up some humour ! Thanks, all

Anyone remember the 'Click here to stop Cheyney's heart-defilibrator' button that used to be on one of the Bushims sites ?

Most childish thing I've done for many a year. I used to sit there clicking my finger to the bone. The number of registered clicks was staggering. Obviously I wasn't the only one trying to get rid of their rage and feelings of helplessness. It was during the time Cheyney (using Bush's body and mouth) was sending troops to bomb Iraqi civilians who were supposedly harbouring Saddam and the alleged secret mountain of WMDs.

Then the 'kill Cheyney' button disappeared.

I told myself it was because 'scientists' had discovered that the mass 'intent' to kill Cheyney via the button, might actually work.

Can just see the little bugger now, lying all flacid and powerless on a gurney, desperate to live. Or, probably more correctly -- terrified to die.

Sixty six ? I would have thought he was at least 3,000 years old.

But hey ! He's a cabbalist, isn't he?

Sixty six !

6-6 !!

Damn, only a day or so ago, it was 6th day of the 6th month !

How 'meaningful' !

What do you bet Cheyney refused to have his oil-soaked old defilibrator removed on the 6th of the 6th ? It would have been just too much, combining his age with the date: 6-6-6-6. He couldn't have risked the Beast of 666 slipping up through the operating theatre floor to heh, heh -- claim him.

But today's the 9th. Another 'special number day'. Maybe there's still a chance the Beast will come and suck him through the floor-boards.

Whatever the case, he knows it's coming for him sooner rather than later.

Can only hope all those he's killed are there waiting for him on the other side of the veil. Personally, I plan to wear ear-plugs. Not interested in hearing his screams for mercy.