Cheney leaves hospital after minor surgery

[nevadamedic]

Story Highlights

Doctors replace generator and battery part of the heart defibrillator
Defibrillator monitors his heart, will deliver a shock if it goes out of rhythm
Cheney has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/28/cheney.ap/index.html

You would think they would keep him overnight to make sure everything is ok. I thought the Vice President is supposed to be treated at the Naval Hospital?

[red states rule]

Story Highlights

Doctors replace generator and battery part of the heart defibrillator
Defibrillator monitors his heart, will deliver a shock if it goes out of rhythm
Cheney has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/28/cheney.ap/index.html

You would think they would keep him overnight to make sure everything is ok. I thought the Vice President is supposed to be treated at the Naval Hospital?

I am sure libs were sorry to see things went well and Cheney walked out of the hospital

[red states rule]

Olbermann Cracks: With Cheney Under Knife, 'Bush Will Actually Get to Be President'
By Brent Baker | July 28, 2007 - 02:46 ET
Keith Olbermann opened Friday night's Countdown show on MSNBC:


Tomorrow morning Vice President Cheney will undergo surgery to have the battery replaced on his heart defibrillator -- which means an exact reversal of last week's colonoscopy and invocation of the 25th amendment. For a few hours, at least, George W. Bush will actually get to be President. Our fifth story on the Countdown, let's hope he uses his alone-time wisely because today his administration was again reduced to try to reform clear reality into foggy myth with a dedication of language-parsing that makes Bill Clinton look like a chronic generalizer. Not that you would have known anything wrong from Mr. Bush's schedule today devoted to an economic speech and to handing out science medals....

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/07/28/olbermann-cracks-cheney-under-knife-bush-will-actually-get-be-president#comments