WE BROKE THE STORY ON THE
WEBSITE THIS MORNING.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER HAD
OPEN-HEART SURGERY TODAY.
CHARLES: ACTUALLY, HE HAD IT ON
THURSDAY.
HARVEY: TODAY'S FRIDAY.
SO I SAID YESTERDAY.
CHARLES: NO, YOU SAID TODAY.
HARVEY: MEANT YESTERDAY.
ANYWAY, SO WHAT HAPPENED IS
THIS.
THAT HE WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL
-- IN 1997, ARNOLD HAD A
PROCEDURE AND HE HAD A WOLF
REPLACEMENT.
IT WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE
PERMANENT AND ACTUALLY LAST --
LASTED A LOT LONGER THAN IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO SO HE HAD A
SCHEDULED SURGERY IF A CATHETER
VALVE REPLACEMENT AND WHAT
HAPPENED WAS THIS WAS KIND OF
EXPERIMENTS A.M. SO THE
SURGEONS WERE STANDING BY.
IF IT DIDN'T WORK, THEY'D HAVE
TO DO OPEN-HEART SURGERY.
BUT IT FAILED.
CHARLES: MURPHY'S LAW.
THEY ENDED UP DOING THE
OPEN-HEART SURGERY, WHICH
LASTED SEVERAL HOURS BUT ARNOLD
IS AT THE HOSPITAL NOW AND IS
IN STABLE CONDITION.
THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED, THEY
THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO DO THIS PROCEDURE AND
THEN SUDDEN BY THE
COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPED.
IF WE HAVEN'T SAID, WE SHOULD
SAY, HE'S 70 YEARS OLD.
CERTAINLY THAT DOESN'T KNOW FOE
-- SHOW WHEN YOU SEE HIM,
ESPECIALLY WORKING OUT.
BUT HE'S STILL 70 AND WHEN YOU
HAVE TO HAVE THAT AT 70 --
HARVEY: BUT THIS GOES BACK TO
199 .
WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN 1997 -- HE
HAD A -- HAS A CONGENITAL
CONDITION AND HE HAD AN AORTIC
VALVE REPLACEMENT BACK THEN.
AT THE TIME HE WAS TOLD, LOOK,
THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
PERMANENT.
THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
STEROIDS, BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT DID AT THE
TIME, BUT IT'S CONGENITAL.
VAN: I KNOW PEOPLE THAT ONCE
YOU GO IN FOR THE VALVE SURGERY
OR VISIT INVOLVE SORT OF
REPAIR, THEY SAY LISTEN, YOU
MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK AT SOME
POINT AND HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE
OF AGAIN BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES
IT'S NOT PERMANENT, DOESN'T
LAST FOREVER.
THE THING THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE
-- EVEN WHEN I HEARD THAT THIS
MORNING -- THE OLDER YOU GET,
THE MORE CHANCE WHEN YOU GO
UNDER THE KNIFE THAT SOMETHING
CAN GO WRONG.
CHARLES: EMERGENCY SURGERY ON A
30-YEAR-OLD AS COMPARED TO
EMERGENCY SURGERY ON A
70-YEAR-OLD.
HARVEY: DON'T POINT AT ME.
I'M NOT 70.
VAN: WE ALL PRAY FOR YOU,
HARVEY BUT THE SITUATION WASN'T
LIKE I WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT
BUT THAT IS WHAT RAN THROUGH MY
MIND.
I HOPE HARVEY IS STILL SWIMMING
IN THE MORNING AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP
YOURSELF UP AND STUFF LIKE,
THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANWHILE?
CHARLES: ARNOLD IS GOING TO BE
FINE.
WE HOPE.
HE'S IN THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE
CONDITION.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, HARVEY IS
ALSO IN STABLE CONDITION,
ALTHOUGH -- 1
HARVEY: WHAT?
CALLER: THIS IS MATT IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
BEING A MEDICINE ECK, I'M
SEEING A HOT -- MEDIC, I'M
SEEING A LOT OF THESE
PROCEDURES DONE OVER THE YEARS
AND I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE
TO THE HOSPITAL THAT HAD ONE UP
TO 30 YEARS AGO AND THEY'RE
GOING IN FOR A REPLACEMENT.
SO IT IS A RELATIVELY COMMON
PROCEDURE BUT LIKE YOU SAID,
MURPHY EATS LAW AND IT DOES
HAPPEN.
LET'S JUST HOPE THEY DIDN'T
LEAVE A PAIR OF HEM -- HOME
STATS IN THERE.
CHARLES: IF THEY DID, THEY'LL
GO BACK.
HARVEY: MATT, YOU SAID YOU'RE A
MEDICINIC?
CALLER: YES, SIR.
HARVEY: WHAT PISSES ME OFF IS
WHEN THEY CALL IT A CARDIAC
EVENT.
IT'S NOT WHERE YOU GO AND HAVE
A COCKTAIL AND HANG OUT.
IT'S A CARDIAC PROBLEM, NOT AN
EVENT.
CALLER: HARVEY, FOR YOU, I'LL
START CALLING IT A CARDIAC
PROBLEM.
HARVEY: THANK YOU.
