I usually tell stories about the stuffed animals at the hospital, but I also take care of cloth dolls. Lots of Raggedy Anns and Andys, and occassionally others. I’d like to introduce you to Marigold 1 & 2. Here is the original diagnosis photo their person sent: The original, in pink, was made by their…
Sometimes, animals need to go to a higher level stuffed animal hospital, kind of like visiting the Mayo Clinic after having first been treated at the local community hospital. When the toucan’s person first wrote to me, he was looking for that higher level hospital. Toucan was born in 1965. His person got him by…
As I may have mentioned at some point in the past, early in the year is actually quite busy at the stuffed animal hospital. Busier than the holiday season, to be honest. My theory is, people get gifts and then realize, what they really wanted was their favorite old companion rejuvenated, and then they call…
Monkey’s first person loved him for years, and then his first person had a little boy, and after a generation plus five more years of love, Monkey was feeling a bit worn. Here is the diagnosis photo his person sent to the stuffed animal hospital: Monkey is a local creature, so once we agreed on…
Have you heard of My Pet Monster? It’s a cartoon from 1986, which had one season. You can stream it if you like. But for the purposes of this story, the most important fact is that the star was a very colorful smily, monster. And in January of last year, one of the cuddly plush…
Last week I told you about Poochie the dog, who was in his sixties and came in to be stabilized. Today, I’m going to share Bearie’s story. Bearie is a 70 year old panda bear, and he was getting ready to go live with his original person’s daughter. Here are Bearie’s original diagnosis photos which…
Poochie the stuffed dog is over 60 years old, about 7 or 8″ tall, and very well loved. He’s had repairs before to his shoulders, and he’d been wearing a red dress for years to try to protect his skin from further wear. His person (his original person) wrote to they stuffed animal hospital. They…
A cheerful lavender bear visits the teddy bear hospital Bearsy the care bear’s person’s original email to the teddy bear hospital included a brief bio of the cheerful lavender bear: When I was 4 years old my mom bought me this bear that I have loved for the past 18 years. It has travelled to…
Get Well Teddy’s own trip to the teddy bear hospital Teddy belongs to a 3 year old who was very concerned by his run-in with the puppy. Even before her mom wrote to me, the little girl believed Teddy was at the doctor and being well taken care of. She thought Teddy would be quite…
White Teddy just needs some cleaning! This is a quick one but an important teddy bear cleaning: Here’s White Teddy at home with some buddies in Ontario, Canada: Clearly, the green rash did not belong! He came in for a bath: Got restuffed, including a heart of original stuffing: And voila! A healthy White Teddy…