"Gosh Ted, it's a lot hotter than I expected heaven to be"....... "Uh John, ..hic..I uh,...burp,... don't exactly think that..hic...we're in heaven"
Posted on 02/08/2010 6:18:34 PM PST by My Favorite Headache
CNN) -- Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending, died after complications from gallbladder surgery, according to his office. He was 77.
The Democratic congressman recently underwent scheduled laparoscopic surgery at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, to remove his gallbladder. The procedure was "routine minimally invasive surgery," but doctors "hit his intestines," a source close to the late congressman told CNN.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Or did I miss something? ;-)
I could have told him this, but doubt if he would have listened to me.
Leni
Of all the gall... I thought we would have died of syphilis, after fü¢king dirty dirty America since the mid seventies.
Rest in peace, you thieving bastard.
My very kind and loving mother said, “I won’t miss him.”
I have to agree with mom in this case.
maybe the Doc had been a Navy Corpseman in a previous life.
Just sayin’...
The Irony.
Killed by the system he tried to destroy.
He was at a Naval Hospital? Oh my, and this old fart attacked and lied about Marines...sounds like there truly is justice by Naval docs....opps
God rest his evil soul.
I was going to say that perhaps the hand of God was at play in this because of his falsely accusing those Marines...
But you said it so much better than I ever could...
“He was part of the 2% risk category.”
Along with Hoss Cartwright of long ago TV fame. He never came out of the anesthetic after his gall bladder operation.
Regretably, he chose to become the hallmark of political corruption. He deserves no honor for that.
PRayers for his soul and his family.
"Gosh Ted, it's a lot hotter than I expected heaven to be"....... "Uh John, ..hic..I uh,...burp,... don't exactly think that..hic...we're in heaven"
but doctors “hit his intestines,”
_______________________________________________________
“Apparently he had more guts than I gave him credit for...”
_______________________________________________________
Nah, he was just so full of crap that it killed him.
It was a shock and a loss.
My wife had similar surgery before we were married (years before Hoss’s operation), so I have been somewhat sensitive to celebrity gall bladder problems.
Laparoscopic surgery in the abdominal or pelvic area carries the risk of bowel perforation. It’s a small risk but it does happen.
Obama care would have denied the surgery and told him to take a pill. Too bad they didn’t pass it and have to live by it. If Murtha had Obama care instead of his cushy Cadillac policy, he’d be alive today.
Don’t know the details.
Thank God he is fini!
He was treated at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Therefore, ironically he was a direct victim of government health care. But I would not disparage Bethesda as it is a first rate medical intuition for major medical procedures. The elite pols and top military brass use it all the time. The problem with military medical services lies with the quality of care at less renown hospitals and the abysmal treatment for veterans with chronic diseases.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.