Hi all! I hope you are all safe and doing well!
As I have mentioned, this year has been crazy busy in the hospital (which is good, because it keeps me from paying too much attention to the rest of the world), but of course, as you’ve seen, that means my posts have slowed down tremendously. But I promise, I’ve been storing up stories and I do want to share them with you all! So, even though the hospital is still quite full (I have patients booked into the fall), I wanted to take a short break from sewing and share a few new tales (and tails) with you. :-) I’m going to write up a bunch, and schedule them to come out over a few weeks, so keep your eyes open. :-)
I’m working backwards through my patients, so first up is a teddy bear who went home just last week. His person wrote to me back in February. He’s over 30 years old and she felt he could use some tlc. Here are the diagnosis photos she sent:
Not too bad, but clearly well loved. I offered several treatments, from just recovering his missing footpads and stitching his wounds, to transplants for bald spots, lining if the bald spots were acceptable but reinforcement was desired, full recovering, and of course a spa. His person opted for full recovering and a spa, as well as a new nose and eyes. A bed was reserved for his hospital arrival, scheduled for mid-June.
Teddy arrived and started care with a spa. It’s always best to clean before other surgeries. While plushies don’t need to worry about infection, it is better to match furs to cleaned fur, and to be sure any stitching doesn’t tighten surface dirt or keep old stuffing in place. Here he is in his bubble bath:
He’s a little guy, so the tub was more of a pool for him. :-)
Next, his person had to choose his new fur. There were many options:
The first choice was the top one, and surgery proceeded. Once stuffed and recovered, he needed a heart for a bit of his old stuffing. Here’s that being made and put in:
Next decision, what fabric to use for his footpads and inner ears. They had once been a smoother, darker fabric. I found several nice solids, but I also had one with stars which was an almost perfect match to his original color:
His person loved the stars! So that’s what we used. Here he is fully recovered in his chubbiness approval pics. His spine is open so I can adjust his stuffing….
Chubbiness approved! Just needed to add his smile back….
And those ribbons were options to replace his old bow. Again, his person chose my favorite, the sparkly one on the bottom.
Here he is all closed up, ribbon on, ready to fly home cross country:
Sparkling with a glitter ribbon and stars!
He looks even better than I could have imagined!
blakekathryn
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