Loved ones showing support to Kelly Dutcher, who is at Mercy Health St. Mary’s in Grand Rapids. (Courtesy Photo)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Caledonia family is sharing the traumatic toll that one of the state’s executive orders has on families with loved ones in hospitals and other care facilities.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed executive order 2020-72 on Sunday night which renewed visitor restrictions on care facilities to protect vulnerable populations and minimize any potential spread of COVID-19.
Levi Dutcher told News 8 Monday, “I just think it’s unfair that for two weeks, she’s been suffering and all by herself, regardless of anything we’ve tried to do."
Levi's mom Kelly, is currently at Mercy Health St. Mary’s in downtown Grand Rapids for complications related to lung cancer.
Kelly Dutcher's family and friends gathered outside the hospital Sunday afternoon with signs meant to comfort the mother and grandmother. Dutcher posted a photo to Facebook, pleading that the order be loosened to allow immediate family into the hospital.
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