Posted on 02/14/2020 9:52:06 AM PST by simpson96
A Florida man is not happy with his dialysis treatment facility after they told him he could not bring a life-size cardboard cutout of President Donald Trump to help ease his anxiety. Nelson Gibson has been going to Fresenius Kidney Care in Port Saint Lucie for the past year, and usually brings an 8x10 picture of Trump to help keep him calm during the procedure, which can last more than three hours.
"I just feel that he's done so much for kidneys and dialysis. I just feel very grateful for what he's doing," said Gibson
A few months after starting treatment, Gibson's son made a small cardboard cutout of his father standing next to a photo of the president. The cutout was a big hit with other patients, with a few of them asking to take a picture with the cutout.
"What I decided to do was kind of give him some things that can kind of distract his mind to remind him of a sense of home," Nelson's son, Eric, told WPTV.
Last weekend, he decided to show up with a life-size cutout of President Trump. He told WPBF that everybody loved the cutout of the president. When he went in a few days later for his next treatment, he was shocked when staff members told him he couldn't bring the cutout with him.
"They told me it was too much, and it wasn't a rally," Gibson told the news station.
He decided not to cause a scene and left without receiving treatment.
The facility defended their decision and claimed the life-size cutout posed "infection control issues."(snip)
Gibson said that he will not return to the facility unless he can bring the cutout with him. His family said they are not sure when he will receive his next treatment
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Ummm- claim it is an ‘emotional support cutout’- then sue the pants off of anyone that won’t allow it
More than a couple missed sessions and he’s going to be in some real trouble
WHAT?!
They don’t allow emotional support cutouts!?
According to a close friend of mine, facility sterility is not exactly a number one priority at the treatment center she goes to
I’m sorry. Trumps accomplishments or not...this is just silly. This man would seem to have some mental health issues - or he’s just being obnoxious and risking his health doing so. I don’t think he should be allowed to bring a life-size Wonder Woman or Batman cutout either.
A cardboard cutout is no more germy than the street clothes and shoes one wears when they go to get their dialysis
Somebody there just doesn’t like Trump
that’s what this is about
It’s a Private Facility. They make the Rules.
There is something funny to me about this, but...I wouldn’t let him bring it either. People are sick.
I think people are silly to be triggered by it, but...people WILL be triggered, and that isn’t the place to do it.
We are going to win FLORIDA!
Get that man a “Trumpy Bear.”
(look it up if you haven’t seen it)
Ow that’s a great idea: next time I fly, I’ll bring an emotional support president.
Ow=Now
“Emotional support cutout.” Much better than a hillary or a lizzie cutout.
Great idea
What the Hell is going wrong with Americans?
This incessant need for “support animals” and now, cut out posters.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big supporter of President Trump... But this?
The men that stormed Normandy and fought on Hamburger Hill in Vietnam didn’t need support posters.
I’ve had lots of surgeries and never did I feel I needed a supporter critter.
Maybe because I have a good family that supports me.
Even then I’ve gone under the knife without even a single family member there.
Guess that ain’t making men anymore. Or adults of either gender(Just TWO sexes)
This is a f#cking crutch that has gotten waaaay outta hand
Maybe he should just get a Melania cutout.
What’s his FReeper handle?
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