Posted on 08/09/2010 4:07:27 PM PDT by Justaham
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was released from a suburban Washington hospital on Monday following surgery last month to install a pump that helps his failing heart work. Cheney left Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Northern Virginia to continue his recovery at his home, according to a statement released by his office.
Cheney, 69, has had five heart attacks since he was 37 and suffers from congestive heart failure. He disclosed in a statement on July 14 that he had undergone surgery the previous week after what he called "entering a new phase of the disease when I began to experience increasing congestive heart failure."
Congestive heart failure—the heart weakens and cannot pump blood as needed—affects about 5 million Americans.
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Get well soon, Vice President Cheney. You are missed.
God Bless and Keep VP Cheney!
He must be close to setting a record for the number of heart surgeries.
I have to wonder if he is on a transplant list.
Prayers up.
Amen. Prayers to Vice-President Cheney, his wife and family.
Wow, he was much sicker than I thought. I wonder what exactly he had implanted. Thank the Lord he lives in 2010. Otherwise he would have died long ago.
God bless Dick Cheney and the Cheney family.
God Bless you Mr. Cheney.
In liberal nightmares, it's one of those Stark Industries miniature arc reactors.
Was anyone listening to the Rush Limbaugh show today? Karl Rove was sitting in and twice implied that Rush was at a lunch/meeting where Cheney was. Cheney was mentioned twice.
Wow— Dicks ticker is a testament to the excellent HealthCare that has allowed him to live his life thus far.
In earlier eras Mr. Cheney may have already been flower fertilizer. Prayers for many more years Lord willing.
God bless you Mr. Vice President, our thoughts
and prayers are with you.
Probably the best Vice President EVER!
In retrospect, the Dr’s should have closed him up after the first surgery with velcro to make it easier for future surgeries.
With all due respect, Karl was just kidding about where Rush was.
Rush said he had a late-night event on one of the coasts (I forget which one) last night, and knew he wouldn’t be abble to do today’s show. He talked about it on Friday’s show, I believe it was.
With all due respect? lol I was just inquiring not stating anything. I just wondered especially after seeing this article.
Thanks for responding though
My husband had a heart transplant in June. He was days from having an LVAD implant, when thank the Lord and a generous life-giving donor, he received a heart. An LVAD implant automatically takes a person off of a heart transplant list for a minimum of 90 days because the LVAD procedure itself is so invasive and debilitating. Our transplant team told us that an LVAD is more difficult, there are more complications and riskier than a by-pass or a heart transplant. I am hoping that the LVAD is being used as a bridge to a transplant for VP Cheney although his age is probably a factor. If and when he is placed on a transplant list, I am thinking it will be confidential for various reasons. I am stunned that the msm did not take the opportunity to explain the facts about LVAD, they missed a golden moment to inform and educate the public.
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