#eeyores

Eeyore (as I may have mentioned) is my favorite inhabitant of the Hundred Acre Wood. I guess it makes me feel better, having him sitting around saying it could always be worse.

In any case, I care about all of my patients, but when there's an Eeyore, my small Eeyore collection keeps them company through surgery, and they become kind of honorary, far off members of that collection when they fly home.

The latest Eeyore in the hospital came in because, well it started off with him having some simple seam issues, but then Eeyore's person's beau brought him to an alterations shop and being familiar with clothes but not stuffed animals, they got his alignment off. These are the diagnosis photos I was sent next. Be warned, he is nearly headless wtih stuffing all over!

You can kind of see his mane is sticking out with nowhere to go. What you can't see is that they made new folds to sew his ears into, rather than putting them in the actual seams where they were, and of course, he's nearly headless!

Eeyore flew in for emergency reconstruction surgery. I took out all the stitches the alterations people had done (they truly altered him!). And repaired his injuries, reseating his ears and mane. Here he is, all better and ready to fly home:

His person's beau wrote "My girlfriend is going to ecstatic when she sees him!"

And to all of you, I hope you keep Eeyore's smile in those photos in mind. While it could always be worse, that means it IS better and perhaps worth a smile.

And as an added bonus today, I bring you a selection of my Eeyores, including one who brought his own teddy bear to the hospital so it could get better!