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MineralMan

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4. Here's a photo of the most common portable dialysis machine:

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Thu May 24, 2012, 12:34 PM

May 2012

It's not a small device. Even so, I think I'd put it on a wheeled cart and get it on the cruise ship myself if it was essential for my child's survival. I can't see what else the cruise line could have done under the circumstances. They might have made some sort of special arrangement, though, in loading it.

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Carnival Cruise ship leaves with family's luggage, dialysis machine [View all] FarCenter May 2012 OP

Um, they really had no other choice... snooper2 May 2012 #1

Did they get the machine back yet? LeftyMom May 2012 #2

What should the cruise line have done? jberryhill May 2012 #3

Here's a photo of the most common portable dialysis machine: MineralMan May 2012 #4

If it's essential for life, keep it with you. broiles May 2012 #5

That would be my call, too, for sure. I never check anything MineralMan May 2012 #6

I don't know if it is a customs thing or what Ruby the Liberal May 2012 #7

I hadn't thought of that. MineralMan May 2012 #8