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Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by yarcob »

technothrasher wrote: post #31

This dad is carrying on a fantastic, but not at all new tradition. I had surgery in the early 1970's when I was three, and I've still got the old teddy bear up in a box in the attic that the staff at the hospital made for me that "needed the same surgery".

Yeah, my kid also got a teddy with the same scar as his from the hospital. It's a nice idea, but my kid didn't really care about it. (I don't know why, he had other stuffed animals that he really liked, but apparently the scar was not a big deal to him)

Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by jonnycomputer »

cout wrote: post #9

What kind of 3D printer is required to make items that are safe for young children? I imagine the material needs to be durable and non-toxic if swallowed, but I know very little about both 3D printers and child safety standards.

Artist Josh Hardie printing duckies for his kid.

https://www.facebook.com/joshhardie9/posts/2274692719328954

Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by jerf »

vanderZwan wrote: post #40
technothrasher wrote: post #31

This dad is carrying on a fantastic, but not at all new tradition. I had surgery in the early 1970's when I was three, and I've still got the old teddy bear up in a box in the attic that the staff at the hospital made for me that "needed the same surgery".

"Teddy Technothrasher" rolls off the tongue nicely, I must say

I'd go to that concert.

Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by [deleted] »

yarcob wrote: post #41
technothrasher wrote: post #31

This dad is carrying on a fantastic, but not at all new tradition. I had surgery in the early 1970's when I was three, and I've still got the old teddy bear up in a box in the attic that the staff at the hospital made for me that "needed the same surgery".

Yeah, my kid also got a teddy with the same scar as his from the hospital. It's a nice idea, but my kid didn't really care about it. (I don't know why, he had other stuffed animals that he really liked, but apparently the scar was not a big deal to him)

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Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by technothrasher »

yarcob wrote: post #41
technothrasher wrote: post #31

This dad is carrying on a fantastic, but not at all new tradition. I had surgery in the early 1970's when I was three, and I've still got the old teddy bear up in a box in the attic that the staff at the hospital made for me that "needed the same surgery".

Yeah, my kid also got a teddy with the same scar as his from the hospital. It's a nice idea, but my kid didn't really care about it. (I don't know why, he had other stuffed animals that he really liked, but apparently the scar was not a big deal to him)

It was too many years ago, and I was too young for me to remember if it helped me deal better or not. But if I'm still holding on to it, it must mean something!

Re: Dad makes teddies with health conditions to help children with medical disorders

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Post by technothrasher »

jerf wrote: post #43
vanderZwan wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Teddy Technothrasher" rolls off the tongue nicely, I must say

I'd go to that concert.

Considering the height of my musical career was a one night only performance of "La Cucaracha" badly strummed out on the guitar in first grade, I'm not sure how good the concert will be. But perhaps the teddy bear would be better.
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