Vice President Cheney Recovering from "Routine" Life-threatening Surgery
WASHINGTON DC- Vice President Dick Cheney underwent surgery to repair aneurysms on the backs of both of his knees. During the procedure, the Vice President had stents, which are flexible mesh tubes, inserted into each of his knee arteries.
Aneurysms are weak spots in the artery walls which if not repaired, can burst.
"It's a serious condition, and any time you perform this type of surgery it involves life and death implications," said vascular surgeon R. Michael Tenby. "On the other hand, for the Vice President, this has become fairly routine."
Cheney has an extensive history of heart trouble. He had his first heart attack at the tender age of 37, and has also undergone quadruple bypass surgery. Since taking office in 2000, Cheney has head approximately 68 heart attacks, or slightly more than one a month.
"Fortunately, I have access to the best healthcare money can buy, the kind that most people in this country will never see in a million years. That's something I think we can all feel good about."
Some experts raised concerns about the procedure, since the use of stents in leg aneurysms is fairly new. However Mr. Cheney pronounced full confidence in his doctors.
"Dr. Tenby and his staff do a terrific job," said Cheney. "They are the same team who performed my last 12 angioplasties, as well as the removal of my soul."
Vice President Cheney offers creepy, sinister wave from his limo.
Aneurysms are weak spots in the artery walls which if not repaired, can burst.
"It's a serious condition, and any time you perform this type of surgery it involves life and death implications," said vascular surgeon R. Michael Tenby. "On the other hand, for the Vice President, this has become fairly routine."
Cheney has an extensive history of heart trouble. He had his first heart attack at the tender age of 37, and has also undergone quadruple bypass surgery. Since taking office in 2000, Cheney has head approximately 68 heart attacks, or slightly more than one a month.
"Fortunately, I have access to the best healthcare money can buy, the kind that most people in this country will never see in a million years. That's something I think we can all feel good about."
Some experts raised concerns about the procedure, since the use of stents in leg aneurysms is fairly new. However Mr. Cheney pronounced full confidence in his doctors.
"Dr. Tenby and his staff do a terrific job," said Cheney. "They are the same team who performed my last 12 angioplasties, as well as the removal of my soul."
Vice President Cheney offers creepy, sinister wave from his limo.
posted by Ish at 8:15 AM
8 Comments:
Did Dick Cheney REALLY have 68 heart attacks since taking office? I find this so incredible that you MUST have made it up!
On the other hand, the part about his soul sitting on a shelf somewhere in a glass beaker, THAT I have no trouble believing.
right, let's make fun of someone who is having medical problems, good god.
I say instead we make fun of anons who don't get why making fun of Cheney is perfectly legitimate.
Duh.
I wasn't making fun of Dick Cheney. NOTHING about Dick Cheney is FUNNY...especially not the fact that he has a great deal of power and no soul...
nothing about dick cheney is supposed to be funny, changeseeker, you moron. he is the vice president of the free world.
No, Anonymous. Dick Cheney is the Vice President of the United States, which is not "the free world" and, at the rate things are going, they're getting less free all the time. You, of course, wouldn't have noticed that. Only us "morons" would have noticed that.
yes, vice president cheney is the vp of the usa, you are correct changeseeker. however, making fun of him is about as original as new coca cola.
That "creepy wave" thing had me rolling in my chair.
Hey anno get over it, Chenny is a freakin scuzzball. I dont care if he gets elected emperor of the galaxy, he will still be a scuzzball.
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