Word: heartbeating
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...doctors varied the rate of the heartbeat, at one point lowering it to 30 beats per min. (75 is customary for Schroeder), leaving him weak and short of breath and looking exactly as he did before the implant. The other experiment was also uncomfortable: to measure his lungs' output, a tight-fitting mask was placed over his nose and mouth. The test was expected to last 45 min. but took 1½ hr. "He was very upset about that but still cooperated with us," said DeVries, adding, "He kind of told me off." Though Schroeder agreed to the tests...
...stitches connecting the artificial heart to his aorta. Doctors stanched the flow by applying pressure and clotting agents, but not before Schroeder had lost a massive amount of blood. By the next day, however, Lansing reported that the patient was back on track: his blood pressure was normal, his heartbeat steady and, he added, "where his skin was cold and gray and clammy then, it is now warm and pink...
DeVries wistfully expressed the hope last week that his patient would be home for Christmas, although he quickly acknowledged that it was "very, very unrealistic." For the Schroeders, every extra heartbeat was gift enough. "It's different, but at least it's beating, and I can feel it," said his wife Margaret. Added their son Melvin: "He's just the old Dad again...
After watching the debate, I am convinced that the lady from Queens is not qualified to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. She looked like a schoolgirl alongside Bush, a distinguished and experienced statesman...
...November, Walter Mondale will learn how few of his fellow Americans want a woman a heartbeat away from the most important job in the world...