love, surgery and a bunny.
last night was the big night. we've known it would come for some time now and the situation has steadily gotten worse.the other day, in fact, halle said to me, 'julie. bunny's hole is getting bigger.' the worry in her voice broke my heart, so the date was set. the grafts had painstakingly been chosen... a purple lilac print for the tail, a pretty floral for the shoulder and a pink for the nose reconstruction.
i arrived last night and was informed that bunny (or bunte, as he is often known) was prepped and halle was prepared. i sat down to a quick, fantastic dinner and then gathered our tiny patient in my hands. halle was present for the surgery, as were kathy and maggie. maggie was a little worried that the needle hurt him and she was very sad for him to have to go through it at all, so i assured her he was under heavy, heavy anethesia. there were no complications to
speak of and in less than an hour, little girl and bunny were reunited just in time for bed.on the right, you can see a mid-surgery picture. we forgot to document the procedures at first, so we did a before of the nose. on the left, you get the after. this is completely post-surgery. one interesting thing to note is that the color of bunny's nose is really pretty close to the original color of his nose and just a shade darker than bunny's original color. do you see that? it's love. that's what it is. this bunny has been loved.
posted by julie @ 1:29 PM
6 Comments:
. . . you are such a dear heart . . .
Do you do bears? Someone here has a soft little white bear with an ear that the dog chewed a bit....
Nice story.
When my mom was pregnant with my brothers she was in the hospital for 5 weeks. During this time my stuffed doll's arm fell off. It was after the time he could call my mom at the hospital, and I was apparently freaking out big time, so he had to figure out how to sew it back on.
It's still on there.
You're such a good friend! (And I LOVE the pictures you took of Halle--Joel showed them off this weekend.)
How sweet. We've got lots of patient candidates for a stuffed animal vet at our house.
How wonderful. The most wonderful thing, in my opinion, is that Halle knew who to call... someone that has loved her well and she trusted to love Bunte well...
Good job.
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