As I was being prepped for surgery, the operating room nurse was filling in with small talk as we waited for my “sleepy” medicine to kick in. She asked what I did for a living and I told her I was a toymaker and had invented Pound Puppies. Before I could ask her if she had heard of them, she exclaimed – “I can’t believe this. I LOVED my Pound Puppies and still have them!” She ran out to the nurse’s station and grabbed her phone. She came back all giggly and showed me a picture of her beloved collection on her phone. As I began to drift off I could hear her telling others about her childhood memories with them. When I woke up after surgery, she returned and asked if we could get a selfie together. I’m on her phone somewhere and wish I had captured one for my files too. You just never know when or where Pound Puppy owners will pop up even in a surgical unit!
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