Just a spa (or two or three!) for Monkey
Monkey’s first person loved him for years, and then his first person had a little boy, and after a generation plus five more years of love, Monkey was feeling a bit worn. Here is his diagnosis photo:
Monkey is a local creature, so once we agreed on a treatment (spa, bald spot treatment, wound repair, new eyes, seam tightening), he was hand delivered by his family.
He started with a spa:
As you can see, the black turned white fairly quickly, but it was almost paint like in texture. I actually wrote to his family, to ask if he had ever had a paint job! The answer was no, it was just oils and dirt from years of an adventurous life. So he had another bath, and another, and a LOT of hand scrubbing, and gentle, one hair at a time, oil removal. Oils aren’t uncommon, but this paint like density is. I actually followed the treatment used to remove oil from birds and mammals who get caught in oil spills, and that was eventually the ticket to restore Monkey’s fur.
Here’s his heart being made and installed with a bit of his original stuffing:
You can see he got modern, hypoallergenic polyfiber stuffing as part of his spa to replace the foam (which disintegrates with time).
Here he is all better! He even got a new nose based on one of his baby photos (his face had been so thickly coated originally, we didn’t know it was missing till he was clean!).
You can also see a small fur transplant he needed on the side of his neck for a larger bald spot in the last photo.
In any case, Monkey was ready to go home, but he had to hang out at the hospital a few more days, till his original person was off work. Then both generations came to pick him up. Their reaction:
Absolutely incredible!!!!!!!!!!! I’m still in shock ! Thank you so much !
