Bill Clinton to Undergo Bypass Surgery

[deez nuts]

NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) will undergo heart bypass surgery after complaining of mild chest pain and shortness of breath, his office said Friday.

Clinton was being admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia, a statement said. He had seen a doctor first on Thursday, and additional tests Friday revealed the need for the surgery, it said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20040903/ap_on_re_us/bill_clinton_health

[SunWuKong]

wow, i always had this image of him being a pretty healty guy.

[yoMAMA]

bubba eats too much junk food.

:(

[rocketbunny]

Wow, this totally came out of nowhere... :frown:

[Mr.Lum]

Hope he comes out well.

[bluemonq]

wow, i always had this image of him being a pretty healty guy.
you forgot about his mc-d's fix? his jogging notwithstanding, he's not *that* healthy. i'm personally not surprised; he liked his donuts...

[Faithless]

Wow, this totally came out of nowhere... :frown:
It did.

But considering his lifestyle and all those general factors involving men his age, it was par for the course.

He'll definitely have a lot of well wishers.

[cmar]

One of my favorite pastimes is seeing how the right wing blames Clinton for everything. It didn't take long for conservative radio shows to speculate today that Clinton timed this on purpose to steal focus from Bush's speech at the republican convention. Idiots.

I hope President Bill get well soon!!!

[so_fee_ahh]

I love Bill Clinton. I hope he gets well soon!

[yoMAMA]

Get well soon, Bill.

We love you!

:smile:

[DragonKnight]

Lotta love to President Clinton. Hang in there!

[truMp]

It didn't take long for conservative radio shows to speculate today that Clinton timed this on purpose to steal focus from Bush's speech at the republican convention.

I hope President Bill get well soon!!!

yea i was thinking that exact thing when I first saw the news...haha

best of luck to B.Clinton. bypass shouldn't be a problem.

[Faithless]

I believe that you can send him a get well message, here.

http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/getwell.htm

Over 15,000 messages sent to him (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/9587008.htm?1c)

[Faithless]

Clinton is even a political wonk near surgery.

Ailing Kerry campaign to target economy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1298218,00.html)
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Mr Clinton may be about to undergo heart bypass surgery, but he spent 90 minutes on the phone with Mr Kerry over the weekend urging him to reinvigorate his campaign by attacking George Bush on bread and butter domestic issues such as jobs and healthcare.
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From his hospital bed, Mr Clinton suggested Mr Kerry shift the focus from Vietnam to the state of the economy, the New York Times reported. The paper added that Joel Johnson, a former senior White House aide, delivered a strategy speech at Mr Kerry's headquarters over the weekend detailing the new line of attack.
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Clinton undergoing surgery (http://www.nbc5.com/news/3708767/detail.html??z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65192)
NEW YORK -- Former President Bill Clinton was moved to an operating room early Monday for a heart bypass operation, a hospital source told The Associated Press.



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Preparations began at about 6:45 a.m. in an operating room at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia.

The operation was expected to last until noon or early afternoon.

The surgical team was being led by Dr. Craig R. Smith, chief of cardiothoracic surgery, the source said.
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[Faithless]

Clinton Recovering From Heart Surgery (http://www.kwwl.com/Global/story.asp?S=2264204)

September 6, 2004 - New York

(AP) He's not quite alert yet, but doctors in New York say former President Clinton is awake after undergoing successful heart surgery.

Doctors say they performed a "relatively routine" quadruple bypass operation, lasting about four hours. The lead surgeon says everything seems "straightforward" and that he would expect Clinton to leave the hospital in four or five days. The medical team says if Clinton hadn't had the operation, he likely would have suffered a "substantial" heart attack in the future.

The former president went to the hospital last week, complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a statement that she and daughter Chelsea are "deeply thankful" to get good news after going through what she termed an "emotional roller coaster."

[onnihs]

wow... good luck slick willy. hope u get out of this one unscathed also ;)