By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor
The Associated Press reported this morning that Ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, who has suffered five heart attacks since he was 37, "underwent a heart transplant Saturday after more than 20 months on a transplant list, according to his office."
Two years ago, the former VP had a manual heart pump installed (generally a transitional device for people on the transplant list). At the time he told reporters that he "hadn’t decided whether to seek a heart transplant."
All This Is That contacted the hospital press office, as well as some of the transplant team medical staff early this afternoon.
"It was the damnedest thing you ever saw," a member of the surgical team told All This Is That. "After we opened up his chest to perform the operation, we removed what we thought was his heart. It turned out to be a fat lump of bituminous coal! He was, in effect, some kind of zombie. We installed the new heart, fired it up, and he is now recovering. . ."
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