It's nice to know Dubya has a very healthy VP working for him <g>...
A summary of Vice President Dick Cheney's health problems:
1978: Cheney suffers his first heart attack, at age 37.
1984: He has a second heart attack.
1988: After suffering his third heart attack, Cheney has quadruple bypass surgery to clear clogged arteries.
2000: Cheney suffers what doctors call a "very slight" heart attack, his fourth, and undergoes an angioplasty to open a clogged artery. (After the 2000 heart attack, Cheney begins a daily 30-minute regimen on a treadmill and begins eating healthier. He takes medication to lower his cholesterol. He quit smoking in 1978.)
March 5, 2001: A little more than 100 days later, Cheney feels chest pains and undergoes another angioplasty to reopen the same artery.
June 30, 2001: The vice president returns to the hospital and has a special pacemaker called an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, inserted into his chest. During his 2004 annual checkup, doctors say the device has never automatically activated to regulate, which they say means Cheney's heart is functioning normally.
Nov. 13, 2004: Cheney enters the hospital after complaining of shortness of breath. He leaves after three hours. An aide says tests found no abnormalities.
Sept. 24, 2005: The vice president undergoes surgery to repair an arterial aneurysm on the back of each knee.
Monday: Cheney is taken to a Washington hospital after experiencing shortness of breath attributed to fluid retention resulting from medication he was taking for a foot problem. He is placed on diuretics and released.
Source: Associated Press |
