{"id":1110,"date":"2010-05-08T12:58:20","date_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2010\/05\/08\/teddy-bears-open-heart-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T22:04:15","slug":"teddy-bears-open-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2010\/05\/08\/teddy-bears-open-heart-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Teddy Bears For Open Heart Surgery Patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was just surfing the Internet when I came across a furry teddy bear designed for… Yes, you guessed it…. Recovering open heart surgery patients.<\/p>\n

After rubbing my eyes (and shaking my head a bit), I then noticed the teddy bear had a little zipper on his chest that opened to reveal a stitched heart.<\/p>\n

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On one hand, I thought, “Really? That can’t be real.” Then, when I saw there was an opportunity to purchase the bear, I realized the bear was definitely real. It turns out that the Mended Heart Bear (shown above) is part of a stuffed animal line of get-well bears from Bummer Bears<\/a>. The price for the Mended Heart Bear is $54.<\/p>\n

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Bummer Bears makes teddy bears for patients recovering from autism, infections, cancer and heart surgery.\u00a0 The company is owned and operated by Katie Espinoza, the mother of a congenital heart disease patient who was diagnosed in utero at a 20-week ultrasound appointment.\u00a0 Click here to learn more.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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