Fred Ted's Rejuvenation

after a bit too much love from his canine family

Fred Ted’s Rejuvenation

I have a very long queue of animal’s stories that I may tell someday... almost 400 at last count! So today I decided to go back a ways in the queue and revisit a patient who what here several years ago, but whose story I never got around to writing. I treat hundreds of patients each year, and I don’t tell all their stories. If I tried to tell every story a) you’d get bored (you don’t need to see every spa!) and b) I’d never have time to treat the patients! But anyway, it is kind of fun to go back in the queue and remember old friends/patients. I hope you enjoy them too!

Without further ado:

I received this email one day:

Please meet Fred Ted. He’s a very much loved and treasured teddy bear who is approximately 33 years old. Besides being loved by a girl named M, he was also much loved by her two dogs, Jackson and Belle.

Here were Fred Ted’s diagnosis photos:

And here’s a dog who loves him:

Fred Ted’s family (human and canine) sent him to the hospital for a spa, muzzle reconstruction, a new nose, new eyes (old ones were quite chipped), new mouth, and bald spot treatment.

Here he is in his bubble bath:

And here’s his heart being made and installed with a bit of his original stuffing:

I had a near perfect fur color match for his bald spots once he was clean:

And so surgery continued. Without any evidence of his original mouth, I sent a sketch of options for his person to choose from:

Soon, he was feeling his old self and ready to return home:

He looks amazing, thank you! wrote his family.

So Fred Ted flew home to MO. His family wrote:

Fred arrived back home safely today and he looks great! Thanks ever so much!

Hope you and your canine and human family are all doing well Fred Ted!

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