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Who’s too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrier
Chicago (AP) — Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after getting a new hip at age 91. And at 94, William Gandin drives himself to the hospital for cancer treatments.
Aortic valve surgery patient Irwin Weiner poses for a photo with his partner, Lauree Gable, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, at their home in Boca Raton, Fla. Very old age is no longer an automatic barrier for aggressive therapies, from cancer care, to major heart procedures, joint replacements and even organ transplants. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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