I was planning to tell you about Nutly today because he’s a squirrel, and when I think of fall (which it’s not technically yet, but is coming up fast) I think of squirrels gathering nuts. And then I found out that today is National Teddy Bear Day (September 9, when I first wrote this)! So,…
We do get a lot of what I call revisits at the stuffed animal hospital hospital. Sometimes, the same patient comes in for a different treatment. Sometimes patients come regularly for spas. I have some patients who are slowly getting every seam and every bald spot redone, but since they can’t be away from their…
Today I pulled up the story of a patient who was here at the stuffed animal hospital couple years ago that I had always meant to share with you, and didn’t get around to back then. This happens a lot! I have a patient who has a wonderful transformation, or comes in with a great…
I’m so sorry it’s been so long… longer than I realized actually. This time of year is always crazy with a ton of patients at the teddy bear hospital for the holidays… and I don’t even ship patients later in December because travel times become incredibly unpredictable and having your best stuffed buddy stuck en…
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…