Spartan Choice: Man Picks Game over Pacemaker

A 69-year-old Detroit man has put off surgery to install a pacemaker in his chest so he can watch a college football game on TV this weekend.

Major Hester deferred the procedure scheduled for Thursday until next week, after Saturday's big showdown between No. 18 Michigan and No. 17 Michigan State in Ann Arbor.

Preview: Spartans Vs. Wolverines

The retired office supply clerk is a devout Spartans fan and he can't risk something going wrong on the operating table that would prevent him from seeing the game.

"You never know," Hester told The Detroit News. "It's like going into combat. You may come home alive or you may come home dead."

Hester suffers from cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle is weakened. He says he's willing to take the risk of putting off the surgery.

"Whatever happens, I want to see the game," he said.

[HP_Loveshaft]

If he has a relative playing in the game, I could understand. But if he's just a fan, I deem him crazy.

[samael2014]

JACK ASS..

...better not be charging this delay/rescheduling to Medicare.

And TAKE HIME IMMEDIATELY OFF any donor recepient lists. Can you imagine somebody else DYING, because they were behind him on the list and didn't get the transplant on ice that went bad, because this M...F... just had to catch the last half to make his affectation of being a sports fan loud and clear.

[ajvw]

he's getting a pacemaker, not an organ. READ

[tsigili]

Just shows how utterly foolish people have become about ball games.

[cherrybrown]

TiVo dude.

[catherine195]

WOW - I don't know this gentleman but I'm wondering if we're long lost relatives - we share the same last name. I hope his team wins, but more importantly, I pray his surgery goes well.