#antique stuffed animal

[doctorbeth]

An elderly patient part 2: Bearie

Last week I told you about Poochie the dog, who was in his sixties and came in to be stabilized so his original person could continue to hug him. 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:

Like Poochie's family, Bearie's family wanted to keep some of his original self visible, but since he was eventually going to be loved by a new person, he needed more stabilization, and a bath and new stuffing as well!

There aren't photos of Bearie in the bath... spas for black and white patients of his age are major surgery, because their colors need to be separated for safe cleaning. But I did clean him, and restuff him. Then, he was recovered in new fur on his head, torso, and limbs. This left his original ears and pawpads visible. He kept his original eye, and hand a new nose and mouth embroidered. Rather than replacing his missing eye, he got a removable eye patch. Here he is before we added his new mouth:

And here he is just before he headed home:

[porcelaingrrl2000]

[catmask]

because nova is going to be spending the summer with us to recover from top surgery, we've been playing animal crossing together on my switch, so every day i get to see what hes added to his home or the island... now forrest is joining us too!!!! i feel so happy, it reminds me of when i lived with my siblings and we did the same. i missed sharing

[beary-good-finds]

🧸 Two very well-loved teddy bears, no ID 🧸

[thrifted-friends]

frog friend

[antiquestuffedtoy]

from ebay

[plushsafespace]

Plushies of different textures and different weights and levels of squishiness make me so happpy!!!

This plushie is tiny and is REALLY STUFFED but feels heavy in my hands!!

This plushie is big and REALLY soft and squishy!!

This plushie smells yummy and is fluffy and is so fun to dress up!

This plushie is fun to hold because inside it has beans that make noise and move around AND it looks so pretty!!

This plushie rests on the shelf and watches over the rest because it is really old; it’s so cute!!

I just love all the plushies!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋✨✨✨✨✨✨🐁🐁🐁🐨🐨🐨🐴🐴🐴💜💜💜💜🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦊🦊🦊🦊🐰🐰🐰🐶🐶🐶🐱🐶🐻🐻🐻🐭🐭🐹🐹🐹🐹🐹🐼🐼🐼🐼🐯🐯🐸🐸🐸🐦🐦🐦🐈🐈🐈

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Steiff turtle, 1965-67.

[hiddenjane]

Trip to the antique store

[beaniebabyadventures]

haha jkjk, unless? 👉👈

[darrinjoakley]

Teddy

[doctorbeth]

A pair of elderly patients: Part 1 Poochie

Poochie the dog is owned by a family among you dear people. He 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) wanted to keep him as close to original as possible, but also wanted to stabilize and reinforce him. Here are his original diagnosis photos, sent by another family member:

I'm showing larger versions in the hopes that you can see not only his holes, but the runs where his fabric is see through.

Poochie came to the hospital last month for wound repair and supplemental stuffing... just a touch to protect him on the inside. He wasn't getting a spa, he needed to stay as original as possible. And we were keeping old repairs where possible too. Rather, the treatment for Poochie was to stitch wounds, adding fabric under his runs to take the pressure of stitches, and patches where he had holes. Just enough to stabilize him. He wasn't going on adventures with toddlers anymore, but he wanted to feel safe watching over his family. Here's Poochie all better:

He's sort of like a kintsugi vase with its visible seams, or an older person, whose wrinkles and gray hairs tell their story. Poochie earned every scar and new seam, but he's huggable and lovable specifically for those patches and seams, which are reminders of all the adventures he's had. And now, he can be hugged again and share his memories (and make new ones) with his family in Washington.

[porcelaingrrl2000]

[autismdogg]

him

[thrifted-friends]

handmade dog 🪡 🧵

[gaelsstuffiehome]

The vintage Boyd's Bear in desperate need of a wash has just finished up! Once he's dry and a bit more relaxed, I'll take some pictures with Gael for his new listing on Friday!