I forgot to say I also have a teddy that I sent to a dying friend in the hospital..2000 miles away, because I couldn't get there. He received it, then after he died, his sister sent it back to me.

It has wild looking, messy fur and I've slept with it when I was feeling bad and thought maybe it connected me to my friend somehow.
Maybe it did, because it helped.
He sits on my nightstand when he isn't in bed with me.