Posted on 09/29/2001 6:22:03 AM PDT by be-baw
CNN just announced Bubba and Bob Dole to have press conference at about 9:30 a.m. today to talk about an initiative they are putting together to help families of victims of terrorist attacks.
There are those who attempt to exploit a situation but only for the good of others; and then there are those who exploit it for the good of themselves.
Easy call. Some can't seem to scramble to the cameras fast enough. Pathetic.
"Hi, we're not important politicians, but we play ones on TV."
Sigh...
"Down boy."
The constant and never ending assault by these sickening alien creatures is surely mind polluting at the least.
Where is the EPA when you need them?
(from USAToday: 06/27/2001 - Updated 05:07 PM ET
Bob Dole has surgery to treat aneurysm
CLEVELAND (AP) — Bob Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential candidate, underwent an experimental procedure Wednesday to treat an aneurysm in his aorta, the body's main blood vessel.
Dole, 77, was recovering at the Cleveland Clinic after the treatment for an abdominal aortic aneurysm, said Kenneth Ouriel, one of three surgeons on the team that inserted the stent graft. His wife, Elizabeth, and his daughter were with him.
"He maintained his sense of humor throughout his care," said Ouriel, chairman of vascular surgery.
Dole is expected to be released by the end of the week and will be able to resume normal activities within 10 days.
An aneurysm is a bulge on a blood vessel. When it occurs in the nearly inch-thick aorta descending from the heart, it can burst and kill nearly instantly. Dole's was small enough that it wasn't in danger of bursting.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms strike about 1.5 million older Americans.
The former Senate majority leader from Kansas was lucky his aneurysm was diagnosed during an exam for another condition two or three years ago, Ouriel said.
Doctors watched Dole's aneurysm until it grew worse. Earlier this month, doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said he should have it treated.
The traditional way of treating such aneurysms involves a major abdominal incision. The experimental device used on Dole is used in 15 research centers nationwide and is awaiting government approval.
Ouriel said the team inserted a Y-shaped tube through an incision in Dole's leg and placed it inside the weakened portion of the aorta. The aneurysm will eventually contract around the stent, which will remain in place for the rest of Dole's life.
I guess we don't have to guess where his other hand is.
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