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RIP TEDDY BEAR

Posted by Leighanne Oh on 2009-06-23

On 6.21.09 I took part in a very unfortunate event... I had to amputate the cutest teddy bear ever (*tear tear*) 

Why would I do such a cruel thing? Well, this teddy bear was special! It was one of my nanosilver products so I needed a sample to leachate the silver particles from it. Oh well, It's not my fault it was born as a nanosilver product!
So after the tragic event of cutting off the bear’s right arm, I separated the foam and the skin.

 

 

Left: The worst part of amputating the bear was that it kept smiling back at me! So I didn’t forget to bandage the poor bear with silver duck tape. Right: Amputated Teddy bear. 

With these two pieces, I cut 1 by ¾ in. round samples and put them in bottles with 1000ml of nanopure, something I pipetted last friday.

I collected two more samples by cutting the same size piece out of a nanosilver sock and pipetting 1ml of Colloidal Silver.

 At this very moment, these four samples are being mixed thoroughly by a shaker table. I’m so excited to see how much nanosilver has leached out! 

 

 

 

Left: (left to right)1g Colloidal Silver, Nanosilver Sock, Nanoteddybear Foam, Nanoteddybear skin. Right: My four samples. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A video of this tragic eventa: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=94734367054

3 comments so far

Posted by Nancy and Lavender on 2009-06-23
you are so cute!!! you and your bears without legs...
Posted by Hetali on 2009-06-23
I agree... you are too cute. I would feel very safe leaving my stuffed animals in your hands :D
Posted by Leighanne on 2009-06-23
Aw thanks... I had to amputate the bear's leg today... it was so sad. Anyways, sure, leave all your stuffed animals with me. I'll be very very nice to them :D