I am pathetic.

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I made my husband stop so I could rescue a poor lost teddy bear from the sidewalk.... after ascertaining that he belonged to nobody, he was admitted to Sara's BICU (bear intensive care unit), unstuffed with hemostats, shampooed x2 with Herbal Essences, and is now in the dryer awaiting his exchange transfusion of fiberfill...

Not quite how I thought my evening would end, but I saved a life

Specializes in LTC, Subacute Rehab.
I lost my stuffed bear riding my motorcycle through New Mexico a couple of years ago. Apparently I did not have him bungeed on well enough.

I still mourn his loss.

I will pretend someone like you found him and gives him a good home.

Thanks for being there.

I would have been devastated *hugs*

You are absolutely NOT pathetic. I really enjoyed reading this cute story of yours. Thank you for the post. :)

Specializes in Cardiac x3 years, PACU x1 year.

For 20+ years I had a stuffed Hello Kitty that played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. It was given to me by my dad when I came home from the hospital, and I haven't seen him in 15 years. Once when we had a carbon monoxide leak we had to stay in a hotel for a week and I took her with me. Somehow during the day she was removed from the room.

Still makes me sad. :stone

But I like to think some kind soul like yourself found her dirty battered kitty self and took her in.

Thanks for the story. You're a nice person.

Let me share what we do with "lost" teddy bears at our hospital. Every spring we have a "teddy bear clinic" . The local pre-k thru 1st grade kids come to our hospital for the clinic. Each child is to bring a teddy bear or other stuffed animal that is sick or has something broken. Nursing staff, the local nursing school and EMS has a ball with these kids "curing" the animals. Each child is given a bag with all sorts of medical stuff in it along with a safety coloring book and colors. We have sutured stuffed snakes and put back as much stuffing as we could find, bunny rabbits have had both ears splinted because they were droopy and they all got their "shots" for school.(animals not kids). When that is all done our senior friends give them juice and cookies for a picnic on our parking lot. One of the local EMS has a remote control mini me ambulance and they bring that and the kids (and staff) have a blast making the sirens go on and making the ambulance "blink" with his headlights.

We have been doing this for over 20 years and we have at least 500 kids every year. Good for the kids and wonderful for our hearts. If there is any child that doesn't have a stuffed animal when they get there, we go to our "lost'" bear stash and find one. Nobody goes home without one.

You could start a sick bear drive and have some fun with it.

Let me share what we do with "lost" teddy bears at our hospital. Every spring we have a "teddy bear clinic" . The local pre-k thru 1st grade kids come to our hospital for the clinic. Each child is to bring a teddy bear or other stuffed animal that is sick or has something broken. Nursing staff, the local nursing school and EMS has a ball with these kids "curing" the animals. Each child is given a bag with all sorts of medical stuff in it along with a safety coloring book and colors. We have sutured stuffed snakes and put back as much stuffing as we could find, bunny rabbits have had both ears splinted because they were droopy and they all got their "shots" for school.(animals not kids). When that is all done our senior friends give them juice and cookies for a picnic on our parking lot. One of the local EMS has a remote control mini me ambulance and they bring that and the kids (and staff) have a blast making the sirens go on and making the ambulance "blink" with his headlights.

We have been doing this for over 20 years and we have at least 500 kids every year. Good for the kids and wonderful for our hearts. If there is any child that doesn't have a stuffed animal when they get there, we go to our "lost'" bear stash and find one. Nobody goes home without one.

My hospital ER has this as well. I participated in it for the first time this year, and plan on doing it again. The "Teddy bear clinic" is a wonderful concept and great way to teach the children about the ER in a non-threatening environment. :)

Specializes in no specialty! (have to graduate first!).
Let me share what we do with "lost" teddy bears at our hospital. Every spring we have a "teddy bear clinic" . The local pre-k thru 1st grade kids come to our hospital for the clinic. Each child is to bring a teddy bear or other stuffed animal that is sick or has something broken. Nursing staff, the local nursing school and EMS has a ball with these kids "curing" the animals. Each child is given a bag with all sorts of medical stuff in it along with a safety coloring book and colors. We have sutured stuffed snakes and put back as much stuffing as we could find, bunny rabbits have had both ears splinted because they were droopy and they all got their "shots" for school.(animals not kids). When that is all done our senior friends give them juice and cookies for a picnic on our parking lot. One of the local EMS has a remote control mini me ambulance and they bring that and the kids (and staff) have a blast making the sirens go on and making the ambulance "blink" with his headlights.

We have been doing this for over 20 years and we have at least 500 kids every year. Good for the kids and wonderful for our hearts. If there is any child that doesn't have a stuffed animal when they get there, we go to our "lost'" bear stash and find one. Nobody goes home without one.

You could start a sick bear drive and have some fun with it.

What a great idea. That sounds like so much fun. My daughter has stuffed bear that has a hole in it and has lost some of its stuffing. I know she would love to take it to a teddy bear clinic!

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