Saturday, March 24, 2012

Dick Cheney Gets Heart Transplant

Via MSNBC:

Former Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering Saturday at a Virginia hospital after receiving a heart transplant, his office said.

Cheney was in the Intensive Care Unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, his office said in a statement.

Cheney, 71, who served as vice president in the George W. Bush administration, has had a long history of heart trouble and has been on the cardiac transplant list for more than 20 months.

“Although the former Vice President and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift,” aide Kara Ahern said in a written statement that was authenticated by several close associates of the former vice president.

I am sure that there are plenty of jokes that people will make about this operation and the patient, but that’s not my style.

All I wish for him is a speedy and uneventful recovery.