Surgeon reveals Barbara Bush now has a little bit of pig in her.

[Bluebear]

Also, her recovery is remarkable, fabulous. I recall she was "cracking jokes" right after her surgery, and now I'm sure she can resume working on her triple Axel any day now.

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WASHINGTON (AFP) — Former US first lady Barbara Bush was released from a Texas hospital Friday, nine days after undergoing open heart surgery.

Bush, 83, was taken to hospital after she experienced shortness of breath. Doctors detected a hardened aortic valve and replaced it in a 2.5-hour procedure described as successful.

"Mrs. Bush was a remarkable patient," heart surgeon Dr. Gerald Lawrie of Houston's Methodist Hospital said in a statement.

"Her recovery was very quick for this type of procedure. I expect her to be back to normal soon and resume her active life."

Bush will be restricted in her activities for at least another three weeks, Lawrie added.

Aortic valve replacements can be either from man-made materials or biologic tissue. In Bush's case doctors replaced her aortic valve with a pig's valve.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iXjH3pECKwbFJG2nAYWoROSL7ACw

[liberal N proud]

1. I bet that hasn't happened for few years

A little bit of pig that is

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How appropriate is that?

:P

[indepat]

3. In a pig's eye

:P

[Motown_Johnny]

4. no comment, except I love the lipstick photo

[rfranklin]

5. Great! No chance of a mismatch with the new tissues!

It's very important to find a donor who matches the patient and thus prevent rejection of the transplant.

[Bluebear]

7. ----

:spray:

[countingbluecars]

6. I can't say what I am thinking. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. Hasn't she had a little bit of a pig in her at least 6 times?

:evilgrin:

[rateyes]

14. Oh God....

:rofl:

[Clintonista2]

25. DUzy!

[DevonRex]

9. So she's still 100% pig. Her body would have rejected anything human.

[dbonds]

10. Too many jokes, can't choose....

[malaise]

11. More like a little bit of human n/t

[AlinPA]

12. Seriously, isn't it something how these anti-science republicans take advantage of the science

that they condemn! Goddamn those hypocrites.

[nichomachus]

13. I thought conservatives were against this

[htuttle]

15. Does that mean that she's now one of those Manimals that her son was warning us about?

[EmilyAnne]

18. A human-animal hybrid? Aw, like mother, like son.

[Donnachaidh]

16. they shouldn't be worried about tissue rejection then

from one pig to ..... :evilgrin:

[rateyes]

17. How the hell can the doctors expect her to "get back to normal?"

How can one return to a place one has never been?? :shrug:

Barbara Bush: A woman with a pig's heart, and shit for brains.

[Warpy]

19. Right after her surgery, she was on a VENT

A porcine valve is used in older patients who are at higher risk of complications from coumadin therapy or younger patients who are deemed to be medically noncompliant for one reason or another. This will likely last her the rest of her life, most last 10 years or so.

Mechanical valves last longer, but require anticoagulation with frequent monitoring.

Whatever else we say about her, we have to admit she's tough. This is a very difficult operation to cope with.

[DemBones DemBones]

21. Yeah, she couldn't talk then, so . . .

she must know a lot of witty hand signals.

:evilgrin:

[WI_DEM]

20. I never thought Barbara Bush was a pig wearing lipstick...

I always thought she was a pig wearing pearls.

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. I'm reminded of a line from particle man.

Particle man, particle man
Doing the things a particle can
What's he like? It's not important
Particle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?
When he's underwater does he get wet?
Or does the water get him instead?
Nobody knows, Particle man

If you dilute Barbara Bush with pig, what do you get?

Nobody knows, Porcine gal.

[wackywaggin]

23. A truely remarkedly good fit!!

The surgeon says it all, rtefering to the Pig valve!!!!

[DCKit]

24. They warned us that "Teh Gay Marriage" would lead to scenarios like this, but did we listen? n/t

[XemaSab]

26. Duh

How else would she have passed down those genes? :shrug:

[LeftyMom]

27. That, my friends, is a waste of a perfectly good pig.

[dgibby]

28. She just left the hospital today. Talk about bringing home the bacon!

[PA Democrat]

29. And so much of the woman here, you know, was pig anyway,

so this is working very well for her.

[Bluebear]

32. Yes, indeed!

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Jesse Helms had this surgery twice

When he had the second surgery, in 2001 or 2002, I was city editor of the local paper. One morning, I needed something to fill six inches on A2, and I saw the story on the AP wire. I ran it under the hed, "Sen. Helms gets new heart valve from another pig."



:evilgrin:

[Bluebear]

31. Bravo!