Stuffed Animals Get Checkups As New Hospital Prepares To Open

By Kelly Werthmann
LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Doctors and nurses in Longmont spent their Saturday morning treating some very special patients at the new UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital.
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“We’ve put on eyes, ears, limbs,” Dr. Jamie Teumer, Medical Director of the hospital’s emergency department, said. “I put on a tail again today.”
No, these aren’t bizarre plastic surgeries, rather stuffed animals in need of TLC at the Teddy Bear Hospital. U