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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:05 PM
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Mr. Cheney’s pump was placed near his heart. With most patients, a power line emerges about waist level and connects to a controller, a minicomputer that plugs into a pair of one-and-a-half-pound, 12-volt batteries. Patients wear a black mesh vest over their clothing that holds the controller and batteries. They usually cannot shower and have to be satisfied with sponge baths.

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Mr. Cheney, who has participated in some of the nation’s toughest decisions for decades, now faces a crucial one of his own: whether to seek a full heart transplant.

It is a decision he will most likely be forced to make within months. He is old enough that soon he will no longer qualify for a transplant, doctors say. And while it is possible for some patients with Mr. Cheney’s device to live for years, the long-term prospects remain unknown.

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http://www.oliverwillis.com/2011/01/04/dick-cheney-sponge-bath-unsee-this/
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:08 PM
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1. I'm all for giving Cheney a heart.
:party:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 07:20 PM
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10. He's never had one to begin with.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-11 06:30 AM
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12. It would be a first!
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:08 PM
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2. Cheney won't want a new heart unless he can harvest it himself, from a living donor.
Edited on Tue Jan-04-11 04:08 PM by MilesColtrane
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drmeow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:09 PM
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3. I think Cheney should get in line
with (behind) all the other transplant patients who are being denied transplants due to budget cuts.
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Statistical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:15 PM
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4. Mr. Cheney was disapointed to learn a heart transplant doesn't involve...
Edited on Tue Jan-04-11 04:16 PM by Statistical
ripping the beating heart out of the victim's chest and eating it to steal their soul.

Mr Cheney is quoted as saying "WTF is the point then?"
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:18 PM
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5. the real question is- who will he have murdered in order to get his new heart?
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:24 PM
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7. And the answer
Anyone he wants
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:23 PM
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6. Move to Arizona, Dick. See what your buddy Jan Brewer thinks about transplants.
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 04:24 PM
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8. .....


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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 06:48 PM
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9. A shame he won't live long enough to serve a reasonable life sentence. nt
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-04-11 07:24 PM
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11. As a human being I'd be very upset
if that monster received my heart. Maybe folks should write dying wills preventing that coward of a war criminal from receiving their heart.
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