Stuff A Buddy : Iowa business booms during pandemic Share Updated: 12:22 PM CST Mar 2, 2021 Share Updated: 12:22 PM CST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript NEW AT NOON A GRIMES WOMAN SAYS SHE HAS A SOLUTION FOR CHILDREN WHO FEEL LONELY DURING THE PANDEMIC. JESSICA GARDNER AND HER FAMILY INVENTED STUFF A BUDDY TWO YEARS AGO. FAMILIES CAN ORDER THEIR BUDDIES ONLINE AND ARE SENT A KIT TO MAKE THE AND THEN THEY MAKE IT. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUDDIES TO CHOOSE FROM INCLUDING DOGS, DINOSAURS AND UNICORNS. GARDNER SAYS, THEY HAVE ORDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND SHE S GLAD TO BRING JOY TO FAMILIES. WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GOT A LITTLE POUCH THAT COMES OUT OF THE BUDDY AND THEN THE LITTLE PADS, THEY ARE VACUUM SEALED A WHEN THEY OPEN UP THEY FLUFF UP, AND STUFF THE BUDDY THEMSELVES ALYX: AWW, ISN T THAT FUN? GARDNER SAYS THE BUDDIES COME WITH A BIRTH CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN NAME IT. HEAD OVER TO STUFF A BUDDY.COM FOR MORE INF
Updated: 7:33 AM EST Feb 1, 2021 Tisia Muzinga Anchor/Reporter An Iowa woman learned she has stage 4 brain cancer again. The depression hits that I have to go through this all over again and it really kind of sucks, said Terri Larson. Nearly four years ago she had a seizure. Then Larson got the heartbreaking news. On Oct. 9, they performed the neurosurgery anaplastic astrocytoma stage 4 brain tumor, Larson said. She recovered back then. But a week after everyone celebrated 2021, she said she learned the dime-size tumor was back. She s only 50 years old. It s right in the right front lobe of the brain which has the tendencies to control the emotion, Larson said. She said her doctors sat her down and discussed options. For 25 minutes he talked about pretty much me dying, Larson said. Because there are risks. All of the sudden I started thinking about my kids and my grandkids I want to see them grow up. My youngest granddaughter is 7 years old,