A Madison father needs help finding the only thing his son ever held, a little teddy bear. Patrick Kempfer lost his son to an infection stemming from underdeveloped lungs at the beginning of the year. =

"This little bear is the only thing of mine that Journey held. If anyone happens to see it, please retrieve it and/ or contact me immediately," said Kempfer in an interview with = WISC-TV.

After his son died, he placed the bear in a bag and left it with a friend. That friend passed away unexpectedly a few weeks later. When his friend's parents came to pack up his apartment, they had taken most of his belongings to St. Vincent De Paul, a thrift store in Madison.

"The ironic thing was that I left the bag with the bear in it at his place so I wouldn't end up losing it," he said.

If you come across the bear, you can contact Kempfer by emailing him at pkempfer1@gmail.com.