On the one hand, from a very real and human and humane standpoint, I wish VP Cheney the best, long life and health, and I marvel at the science that has led to his being able to survive such an event. Remarkable.
And I confess that when I saw another headline that said, "Cheney receives new heart" that a dozen more-than-a-bit snarky political comments immediately came to mind. #ddtb
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Report: Former VP Dick Cheney Received A Heart Transplant
The Associated Press has learned that former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant Saturday and is recovering at a hospital in Virginia. From their report: An aide to Cheney said he h…
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Sorry, but I know my future self won't be grief-stricken to hear of his eventual demise. So it's hard for my present self to have kind thoughts about his medical troubles. The man did real harm to a lot of people's lives.
I don't know that I'll be griefstricken (I suspect not), but I don't wish him any particular ill, either, at this point.
The headline did indeed beg the question, to many, of “how do you transplant a heart to a place where none was in evidence”, or as Kurt put it, Don’t you have to have a heart first in order to do a transplant?
@Marina – Thus the quips that it was actually an implant.
I’m frankly disgusted that someone his age, with his portfolio of maladies was able to get a priority transplant . . .. wealth and influence on direct display.
@Arty – Though I do not know the details, from what I have read, he’s actually been waiting for several years (thus some of the interim implants he’s received). Though he is older than the average recipient, none of the non-political analysts I read seemed to think it was quite beyond the Pale.