Cheney Has Heart Transplant

[Roadtoad]

The Former Vice President is recovering...

An aide to Cheney said he had been waiting for a transplant for more than 20 months and does not know the identity of the heart donor.

"Although the former vice president and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift," aide Kara Ahern said in a written statement that was authenticated by several close associates of the former vice president.

Cheney was recovering Saturday night at the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., after surgery earlier in the day.

Noted.

 

[Roadtoad]

(BTW: Aren't you supposed to have a heart in the first place to get a transplant?)

 

[Polaris]

(BTW: Aren't you supposed to have a heart in the first place to get a transplant?)

Hey, no fair! You have to give the rest of us more than a minute to chime in with a barb like that!

 

[MG1962]

When the Obama's first moved into the White House their daughters complained about hearing strange creaking noises during the night

The Secret Service explained that was simply Dick getting in and out his coffin during the night

 

[BenBurch]

I hope he recovers.

 

[Travis]

So he has now finally had a change of heart.

 

[000063]

Here we go.

 

[Roadtoad]

So he has now finally had a change of heart.

Don't you wish he could have changed his mind?

 

[Checkmite]

So who had the, erm, "hunting accident"?

 

[Regnad Kcin]

I wish the man well.

 

[Skeptic Ginger]

How disgusting they wasted a heart on that bastard. He should be tried at the Hague and instead money buys all.

 

[Tricky]

(BTW: Aren't you supposed to have a heart in the first place to get a transplant?)

So it was actually a heart plant?

 

[BenBurch]

How disgusting they wasted a heart on that bastard. He should be tried at the Hague and instead money buys all.

The longer he lives, the more likely justice will be done.

 

[Sam.I.Am]

So it was actually a heart plant?

It was a late Valentines Day gift.

 

[Checkmite]

How disgusting they wasted a heart on that bastard. He should be tried at the Hague and instead money buys all.

Come on, have a little heart.

 

[Unabogie]

How disgusting they wasted a heart on that bastard. He should be tried at the Hague and instead money buys all.

This. Surely there were people who hadn't engaged in torture who could have benefited from that dying person's heart?

You'd think that would go on a patient's list of disqualifiers somewhere above "smoker" but then that's why I'm not a doctor.

 

[Checkmite]

So it was actually a heart plant?

Way more tubular than a foot plant.

 

[WildCat]

(BTW: Aren't you supposed to have a heart in the first place to get a transplant?)

Hey, no fair! You have to give the rest of us more than a minute to chime in with a barb like that!

Didn't Cheney literally have no heart before this? He had an artificial heart or something?

 

[BenBurch]

Didn't Cheney literally have no heart before this? He had an artificial heart or something?

He had an advanced pacemaker/defibrillator.

 

[WildCat]

He had an advanced pacemaker/defibrillator.

I thought he haqd some mechanical device that caused him not to have a heartbeat? Or is that what you're describing?