Blue Meanie and Turtle
I thought I’d make your Januaries a bit more interesting and introduce you to one of the less common patients I’ve had, a Blue Meanie of Yellow Submarine fame! This Blue Meanie was from a family that had sent a frog (Froggie) to the hospital in the past for some minor clothing and eyelid repair. Blue Meanie and his friend the turtle were new adoptees, who needed a touch more help.
Here is Blue Meanie’s diagnosis photos:
As you can see, he had a small nose wound, and his shoes were disintegrating. He also had some hand injuries. Since Blue Meanie is mostly felt, we agreed to avoid the water of a spa (too much risk of dye running and shrinkage). Instead, his person opted to recover his shoes and stitch his other injuries. Here he is, all better and ready to fly home:
Now the Blue Meanies may be meanies, but this one had a friend! An elderly turtle who had a small neck injury, and really needed a swim in some bubbles!
Here are the turtle’s diagnosis photos:
Here he is enjoying his first swim in years:
He looks happy getting the back massage of water, doesn’t he? He got a new heart of original stuffing, and lots of new stuffing. I went for a watery blue and pink heart so he’d always have some water.
The new stuffing, and some extra neck stitches, meant he was soon holding his head up proudly again, and his colors were nice and bright after his swim:
The two flew home to their person and Froggie in Oregon and their person wrote: They look amazing!