A lot of my patients fly in solo, from all over the globe. But this one was a local bear who needed help.
You can see he’s pretty chubby, but he’d lost some stuffing from gravitational settling, particularly on his head and joints. His seams were suffering from the expansion (not just the ones in the photo). These were all treatable issues. He did have some light scarring on the side of his face from a previous accident, but the fur still felt nice, so treating it would be more invasive, and so I didn’t recommend that.
It took some time for him to come in, because his person, who is quite young, wasn’t ready for him to be gone for long, and so not only were there timing issues, but there was a question as to whether to have him cleaned as well, which would extend his stay. Eventually, everyone was ready and one Wednesday afternoon, after his youngster’s school, he was dropped off.
He started his care with the spa:
All new stuffing once he was dry relieved the lumpiness in his pre-op photos. But he still got a small amount of original stuffing in a heart in his chest:
Once restuffed, it was time to minimize his older seam scarring, and tighten up his other seams. Here he is, all better:
He went home to a very happy little girl and her family. They wrote:
He looks fantastic and D is so happy to have him back looking and feeling like new.
Thank you so much for your work on this.
They also asked for his story to be shared, so this is for D and her teddy bear. :-)
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