At Inverness assisted living, where there's more wheels in the hallway than the parking lot, where bingo counts as excitement, his visit was vividly remembered.
"He had a great personality," said one resident.
An impression so striking they even remember what he wore.
"Tan slacks, and a shirt, and I think he even had a tie on," said another resident.
A joy that once felt, needs to be shared.
"Have you seen Irwin?" asked one woman.
Irwin the kangaroo, seen here in the laps and arms of fan after fan on pictures posted on his very own Facebook page. Of course when he's not dressed up...
"He craves it, he craves the attention," said his owner Christie Carr.
He's lounging around the house in his underwear, kicking back in his blue bean bag chair.
"He will never be aggressive," she said.
Christie saved him from certain death after he bashed his head and broke his neck running into a fence.
"He can get up, take about six hops and fall, but that's it," she said.
She's helped him ever since, and he's helped her. Just before she got him she was suffering from depression and had attempted suicide.
"I can't imagine a day without him now," she teared up.
But despite his healing powers, Irwin is technically an exotic animal, prohibited from living within the city limits of Broken Arrow. To live in BA legally, Irwin needs an exemption from the city council, something legal department has advised against. But amazingly, as surely as Irwin has put a smile on faces young and old, the council has decided to hold off on kicking him out of town, for now.
City officials will do some research on the matter and consider a set of benchmarks and conditions that Irwin must meet if they should decide to grant him an exemption. The council will revisit the matter in about a month.
