はなちゃん About Hana

はなちゃん 頑張ってます
 Our little Hana is hanging in there.

顎の関節が固まってしまってお水とミルクしか飲めない
The joints in her jaw have stiffened, and she can only drink water and milk.

少しでも粘度が有ると飲み込みができない
 If there's any viscosity at all, she can't drink it.

こんな状態で もう1ヶ月経ちます
It's been like this for 1 month now.

オシッコは毎日出るけど排便は3日に１回かな
でもにおいも見た感じも悪くない（便は母乳を飲んでる赤ちゃんの便みたい）
血圧も体温も安定してる
She's peeing every day, but only pooping about once every 3 days.
However, it looks and smells fine. (Her poop is like babies', drinking breastmilk.)
Her blood pressure and body temperature are also stable.

一時期痴呆の為の夜鳴きがひどくて「この状態でどこにそんな力が残っているんだろう」と思うほど鳴き続けていたけど、もしやと思って使った漢方の「柴胡加竜骨牡蛎湯」が合ったらしくスヤスヤ寝てくれるようになりました
For a period, because of her dementia, she would start whining horribly in the night. She'd continue so much that I'd start to wonder where this strength is coming from, considering her condition. Going out on a limb, I decided to try and give her some Chinese medicine, and that seems to let her sleep soundly now.

骨盤のところや肩、膝などは大丈夫なのに顔の頬骨のところに褥瘡ができてしまって…
 The areas around her pelvis, shoulders, knees, etc. seem fine, but her cheekbones are getting bedsores.

栄養状態も良くないし免疫も働かないと思うし敗血症やDICが怖いけど、入院させて治療するのはもしものことを考えると不安
She's not getting balanced nutrition, and I doubt her immunity is working. I'm afraid of blood poisoning and DIC, but I have my worries if I try to get her admitted to the hospital for treatment.

先生と相談して 抗生剤を水で溶いて飲ませて、もし熱が出たらその時にまた考えましょうとなりました
 I consulted with the vet, and we've decided to dissolve some anti-biotics in her water. If she gets a fever, we'd need to rethink our approach.

元気な頃は10キロあったけど、おそらく今は5キロくらい
When she was healthy, she was at about 10 kg. Now she's only around 5.

はなちゃん  頑張ってます
Hana, keep going!



ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit helps 

はなちゃん、ごはんを食べなくなって10日になります。
It's been 10 days since Hana stopped eating.

シリンジで辛うじてお水は飲んでいます。
 She's drinking water I give to her in a syringe, but just barely.

迷子になっているところを2009年8月に成犬で保護したので、はっきりとした年齢はわかりませんが、14、５歳でしょうか。
She was lost when I took her in back in August of 2009, so I don't know her exact age, but it must be somewhere around 14 or 15.

半年くらい前から痴呆の症状が出て、トイレができなくなったり狭いところに頭から突っ込んで動けなくなったりしていました。
She started showing signs of dementia about half a year ago. She couldn't go potty, and she started sticking her head into narrow spaces and was unable to move.

去年の今頃、保護猫ちびちびと Last year around this time, Hana with the kittens

でもそれらを除けば食事はしっかりととって体重も維持して内臓にも問題なし。
徐々に筋肉が落ちて体が支えられなくなりました。
But those things aside, she was eating properly and maintaining her weight, with no problems to her organs. Her muscle started deteriorating bit by bit, and she stopped being able to support her weight.

食べなくなって１０日。それでも４〜５時間おきに大きな声で鳴いてバタバタと動きたがります。体を支えて立たせると「その場足踏み」のような事をして、しばらくすると立ったまま寝てしまいます。どこにそんな体力が残っているのか不思議です。生きることへの執着なのか…。幸い痛みや苦しみはなさそうです。
It's been 10 days since she stopped eating. Nevertheless, every 4-5 hours or so she lets out a big whine and starts moving around flustered. If I stand her up supporting her weight, she starts stepping in place, and then after a while falls asleep while standing. I don't know where that strength is remaining--it's pretty odd. Is it her will to live...? She doesn't seem to be in pain or any suffering, luckily.

おそらくあと数日でさよならの時が来るでしょう。自然な形で旅立てるようしっかりとお看取りをしていきます
There's a strong possibility that we'll have to say goodbye some day soon. I'll keep caring for her so she can leave us naturally, when her time comes.



ぽちっと応援お願いします Every bit of support counts