[leadpenny]

An AP story said he had initially gone in with chest pains on Thursday. He then spent the night at home in Chapaqua and went back in on Friday where it was decided that he would have open heart surgery.

What is strange is that they let him go home. No doctor or hospital is going to let a 58 year old man, with chest pains, go home.

[Musket]

What is strange is that they let him go home. No doctor or hospital is going to let a 58 year old man, with chest pains, go home.

There's so much about this that doesn't smell right. And the timing was perfect. I think I smell another Clintoon political stunt.

[PLK]

What is strange is that they let him go home. No doctor or hospital is going to let a 58 year old man, with chest pains, go home.

You are so right. Even if the initial EKG looked O.K., they still would not let him leave before they did blood work the next morning followed by a treadmill test. Good catch. Very weird that he left the hospital that night.

[tubebender]

Chest Pain is a misnomer. Mine was a mild "indigestion" with excoriating pain in my lower jaw. I never head anyone say you might have pain in your jaws. If he was on a blood thiner that needs to get out of his system. I was only on 82mg aspirin and they wanted at least 5 days Free of that.

BTW..My "chest pain" started in early April and my surgery was 7/27/04 at UCSF...

[Ethrane]

An AP story said he had initially gone in with chest pains on Thursday. He then spent the night at home in Chapaqua and went back in on Friday where it was decided that he would have open heart surgery. What is strange is that they let him go home. No doctor or hospital is going to let a 58 year old man, with chest pains, go home.

Au contrair mon frere..

Ifhis pain resolves, his EKG is normal (no signs of ischemia), and his initial set of cardiac enzymes is normal (no sign of infarction or CHF), they most certainly MIGHT let him go home with arranged follow-up for further testing.

They might recommend he stay, but if he wants to go home, who's to stop him?