“Dammit, Cheney, open the door!”

Oscar, a hospice cat at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I., waits outside a patient's room, Monday, July 23, 2007. Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart problems, had surgery Saturday to replace an implanted device that monitors his heartbeat.

Doctors at George Washington University Hospital replaced the defibrillator, a sealed unit that includes a battery. If the device were to sense an abnormal heart rhythm, it would deliver an electronic shock to reset the vice president’s heart to a normal beat.

Shout out MPS!
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This entry was posted on Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at 2:47 pm by Tengrain and is filed under snark. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to ““Dammit, Cheney, open the door!””

  1. raceynora: July 28th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Oh too too excellent Ten – thanks!

  2. Bing McGhandi: July 28th, 2007 at 8:09 pm

    Hell. Yeah.

    That could not be funnier. Huzzah!

    HJ

  3. fairlane: July 28th, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    That would be a great practical joke.

    “Hey Dick we brought you a get well present.”

  4. DCup: July 29th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    Truly priceless!

  5. Pissed in NYC: July 29th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    If only. My dream was not realized.