There, in a hospital room, the facade crumbles and the ugly truth is bared.

[Croney]

Tonight there are doctors and nurses bustling about the room of a fat old man with thin stringy hair, splotchy skin, a scowling mouth, and puffy eye slits.

No fancy comb-over, no spray tan, no super-long tie to hide his gut. A hospital gown that barely covers his ass, maybe. Hooked up to IV's and monitors.

Just an evil fool who thought he was more than he was.

[Olafjoy]

1. Being in medicine I've seen a lot of old butts

They are all wrinkly 🍑😣

[Blue Owl]

2. Wouldn't bother me if they accidentally tripped and pulled the plug

n/t

[babylonsister]

3. Now how on earth was that tie supposed to cover his girth?

[Moostache]

12. Optical illusion? (n/t)

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

31. yup. i am a painter. you are correct.

[chriscan64]

23. Hiding the gut is my wife's theory for his forward leaning stance.

Everyone talks about the shoe lifts, but he would look fatter standing upright.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

32. your wife is correct.

i am a painter. i have done a lot of figure drawing. this is exactly true.

[uppityperson]

4. I feel sorry for the healthcare workers exposed to danger by an arrogant narcist

[Doodley]

5. I hope those medical staff don't have to see the trumpet mushroom.

[Grokenstein]

8. Oh, let them have a peek. They probably need a little humor right now.

[dflprincess]

15. My sympathies to whoever has to do his catheter

[BigmanPigman]

6. I would be happier if he had no health care or insur...

especially paid for by us and our taxes (mine were over $750 and I am on disability).

[VicNEO]

7. Awesome visual

Well written.
Much thanks.
-V

[smirkymonkey]

9. +1000

You have a way with words. I love what you have written. It has reduced him to what he really is.

[Mira]

10. Some of that is probably exactly how it is.

I was envisioning it myself - without pity. He's not, today, ready to have the truth encroach. But I think it is coming. I think he will be very sick soon but never, ever, will he be able to think of the others and how he helped kill them. He will only be able to contemplate his own misery.
I do hope very much hope Covid does NOT get him. WE will if we are given the chance.
That is why I'm praying - in my own way - to have him spared.

[madamesilverspurs]

16. He needs medical care, we need justice.

First one, then the other.


.

[Cha]

11. Excellent visuals of the russian

puppet.

[betsuni]

13. The Emperor's New Hospital Gown.

[C Moon]

14. "who thought he was more than he was"

That's what I was thinking today.
He began to believe he was invincible. I thought maybe he already had it, and figured he wouldn't catch it again.
But nope.

[DFW]

17. Wasting away again in Walter-Reedoville

Searching for some cute nurse I can assault
Some people claim that there is fake news to blame
But I’m told: this time Covid’s at fault

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. China's fault. Gotta go with Trumpian lyrics.

Great lyrics, I can hear a cheap guitar in a Key West dive bar.

[DFW]

20. I just updated the lyrics I wrote a year and a half ago:

This one doesn't seem worth a remake, at least not yet. It'll be old news by the time we got it done.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. I'm trying to imagine the level of security around that room to insure no photos.

One or two cellphone snapshots could be worth thousands and the same for an audio clip of his whining.

In just a few hours, he's gone from controlling everything to controlling almost nothing in his life.


KY..........

[malaise]

21. We think alike

[BumRushDaShow]

22. It's a special "Presidential Suite" that Walter Reed has

https://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2020/10/02/inside-walter-reed-army-medical-hospital-vip-treatment-ward/3596886001/

(pics had been taken by a USA Today photog back in 2007 so the layout and staging has most likely been updated)

[Baclava]

25. yeah, regular doctors and nurses won't be allowed anywhere near him, secrets will be kept

[Piasladic]

26. Damn, I wish I could get that kind of care

I'm lucky if my doctor can be bothered to spend more than 15 minutes with me.

[Aristus]

29. It's not that he can't be bothered.

It’s that he very likely has crippling productivity goals. Very few medical providers own their own practices anymore. We mostly work for large organizations, which demand a large number of patient visits a day, to maximize profits.

Even ‘non-profit’ organizations like the one I work for are constantly demanding more patient visits per day. It can be pretty stressful. We all want to spend more time with our patients. And it’s just not possible.

Just yesterday, I had a new patient who hadn’t received regular care for decades, and thought he could make up for it by getting everything done in one go. I got as much done for him as I could, but long after his allotted time was up, he kept saying “One more thing!...”

I had to plead with him that we would address his other issues at his next visit. It’s not fun, and I don’t like having to tell patients “Our time is up.” But that’s the reality of modern clinical medicine.

[Piasladic]

30. You're right

I just wish I didn't live in this system. I do feel sorry for her since the few times I've seen her she seems really stressed out.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Why did you assume "he?"

The poster said "my doctor" and you assumed a male.

[Aristus]

42. Don't read too much into it.

n/t

[Maru Kitteh]

43. Perhaps you should though.

Also, "n/t" is generally designated in the title line, where the reader will understand the post is without text. Posting it within the text has no value to the reader.

[Sogo]

36. I keep thinking about Melania....

All the sq. footage in that suite and no room for her?

Is she still back at the WH with fever and cough and who knows what other symptoms by now....?

[Baclava]

39. She wants no part of being around the sick superspreader, besides, she has staff to infect at the WH

[Croney]

27. Add all the PPE to those photos and it will look like Martians invaded a Marriott.

[Retrograde]

35. Wow! That looks larger than my house!

I can understand the need for security, and medical equipment takes up a lot of space, but the dining room looks a bit OTT.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. I think I saw somewhere that it was 4000 sqft of space

total for the various "rooms". So yeah, pretty big!

[GoCubsGo]

24. He just ran a campaign commercial on my TV bragging about how he beat the corona virus.

Yeah, that's why you are in the hospital and half the people around you are infected, right?

[llmart]

28. Brilliant post!

He's getting the best treatment available on our dime and doesn't deserve it, especially in light of the fact that he doesn't pay taxes.

I don't care how fancy his suite is, I hope he's suffering greatly (or bigly) and is scared shitless.

[ecstatic]

33. "Good genes," he said. This affects "virtually nobody." Just the elderly and people with

heart problems and other problems...

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

34. as a former hospice volunteer i can say you are correct.

who or whatever you were in your life, at the end, all i ever saw was how many ppl were gathered around your bedside and whether or not they were crying.
not all of them were. some were fighting w each other, some were looking at their watches, and some wanted to tell me stories about you.

more revealing than the mourners at your funeral.

[hedda_foil]

40. When my in-laws died, I was the only one with them. The family members were in the hall together.

And no, that doesn't make me a good daughter-in-law. My mil passed away two weeks before the wedding and we married 6 months after meeting each other. I had met her once. I was on the rebound. He was at National Guard summer camp and didn't get back in time. The numerous relatives spent the time talking about whether they should call the doctor or not.

Father in law died a year later. This time, my ex was in the huddle discussing whether they should call the doctor or not.

[Wanderlust988]

37. How long before a pic leaks out?

You know it's gonna happen. A pic of him being hauled in a wheelchair hooked up to oxygen and IV's. Someone will probably risk their job though, but it'll get out eventually.