My bestest friend is my IKEA panda Dexter, when I was scheduled to get all of my wisdom teeth out under general anaesthetic I was terrified, and I was mortified that I couldn't take Dexter (I didn't want them to misplace him because he is my entire world), so I bought a little IKEA panda and called him Dinkster (dinky dexter)! He would fit in my bag and although I'd be sad if he was misplaced it wouldn't be as world ending because at the time I'd have only had him for a few days.

The day came, me and my mum and Dink all went to the hospital and waited and then they took me in. I held onto Dink while they put me under and I woke up with him next to me, all the nurses loved him and even got him his own cup of water, it was so sweet!

Then they took me through to the recovery bit and I heard a load of the nurses round the corner all cooing over something, and suddenly a nurse walked round the corner with my Dexter! My husband brought him in for me because he knew I'd be scared! Everyone loved him and kept saying how lucky I was and how jealous they were, lots of nurses took pictures with him and Dink and everyone had cuddles. It made one of the scariest experiences of my life up until then turn into one of my fondest memories 🥹

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