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

バタバタと日々を過ごしている間に2019年が7ヶ月も経ってしまいました💦
まずは2018年のおさらいから…
卒業生
・小春 1/13
・ティアラ ６/23
・ひかり ９/9
・ニコル 9/30
・タイム（仔猫）10/2
・玉三郎 10/17
 I've been running around like crazy, and it's already July in 2019! 💦
First I'll give a review of 2018...
Our Happy Tail "graduates":
-Koharu (1/13)
-Tiara (6/23)
-Hikari (9/9)
-Nicole (9/30)
-Thyme (the cat) (10/2)
-Tamasaburo (10/17)


新入生
・周作 3/26 センターから
・タイム（仔猫） 7/18
・ピーチ 7/19 センターから
・ヒヨドリ 7/26 県からの保護依頼
・ちびちび（仔猫） 8/8 自宅前置き去り
・しっぽ 10/15 センターから
・可奈 10/17 センターから
・志乃 10/17 センターから
・ゴマ 11/8 センターから
・なつめ 12/13 センターから
Our new "recruits":
-Shusaku (3/26, from the Center)
-Thyme (the cat) (7/18)
-Peach (7/19, from the Center)
-Hiyodori (7/26, as per request from the prefecture)
-Chibichibi (cat) (8/8, abandoned at my front door)
-Shippo (10/15, from the Center)
-Kana (10/17, from the Center)
-Shino (10/17, from the Center)
-Goma (11/8, from the Center)
-Natsume (12/13, from the Center)

看取り
・ヒメ 2/11 老衰
・すばる 6/15 老衰
・ローラ 6/18 急性肝炎
・ピーチ 10/30 老衰
・キキ 11/14 肝臓癌
Under my nursing care:
-Hime (2/11, senile decay)
-Subaru (6/16, senile decay)
-Laura (6/18, acute hepatitis)
-Peach (10/30, senile decay)
-Kiki (11/14, liver cancer)

昨年もたくさんの出会いと別れがありました。その中でも特に心に残っているのはセンターから来たピーチの事。いずれ心の整理をしながら紹介したいと思っています。
There were so many meetings and partings last year. Among them, the one that really is staying with me was Peach, who came from the Center. When I've processed through the whole ordeal, I'd like to introduce her to you all someday.

長い間ブログがお留守になってしまったのには訳がありまして…
私は主に老犬、病気の子、先天性の疾患を持って産まれてきた子を保護しています。でもどうやらこれは『要注意の保護活動家』に当たりるらしいのです😓  「医療費がかかる子ばかりを集めて寄付を集めようとしている」ということらしいです。別に名指しで非難をされたわけではないのですが、コレを知って「ウチもそうみられてるのかな？」と思ったらちょっと怖くなってしまって…。
I've had my reasons for not writing long blog posts for quite a while...
I'm primarially caring for old and/or sick dogs, as well as those who were born with hereditary ailments, but nevertheless I've been targeted as a "care activist to keep an eye on." 😓 Apparently there are some people labeling me as just trying to gather up dogs that need high-cost medical care and trying to get donation money. I haven't been criticized by name exactly, but since I've found this out, it's been really weighing on me that people view me in such a way and scaring me quite a bit.

でもね、一面識もない人の非難を怖がってるなんて いるのかいないのかわからない幽霊を怖がってるようなもんだと思ったら馬鹿らしくなってしまいました(⌒-⌒; )
But it's also kind of silly to be afraid of criticism from people I've never even seen the faces of! It'd be like being afraid of a ghost that may or may not even be there in the first place.  (⌒-⌒; )

ブログを通して伝えたかってことはペットショップに並ぶ仔犬、仔猫たちのパパやママの事、売り物にならないと闇に葬られてしまう兄弟達の事、保健所など行政に収容されてお迎えがなかった子たちの事。ペットショップに並ぶ小さな子達を見て「可愛い」って気持ちだけじゃ犬や猫を飼うことはできないし、保護されている子達を知って「かわいそう」って気持ちだけでもダメ。命あるものを迎えるって事を考える一助になりたいと思っています。
What I've been wanting to show the world through my blog has been this: the mothers and fathers of the puppies and kittens that are lined up all prim and proper at the pet shops, and their brothers and sisters who can't be sold and are disposed of behind the scenes; and additionally, those dogs and cats who are detained at the animal control centers run by the government and don't have any families to go to. You can't just go to a pet shop and buy a dog or a cat just because you think it's cute, just like how you can't take in a shelter dog or cat just because you think it's so sad. What I'm trying to do is to help people consider taking in another life.

現場も知らず「生きていることが不思議だ」と言われるような子のケアをしたこともない人に何を言われても気にする必要はないんだよね。そう思えたらなんだかスッキリしました( ^ω^ )
The people who have never cared for a creature who you just think, "What a wonder it is that you're alive," or seen where they came from--I have no reason to be concerned about what those people say. Let the haters hate--coming to this conclusion has really lifted a weight off me.

不思議なもので、ウチの里親さんは獣医さんや医療従事者が結構多い。専門的なアドバイスももらえるし、手術でお世話になることも多々あります。トリミングの協力をして下さるトリマーさんやトイレシートや紙オムツの支援をして下さる方も。たくさんの方に支えてもらって活動を続けられています。幽霊をこわがってる場合じゃないですよね😣
There are so many people that are vets or healthcare providers themselves who adopt from me. It's an odd thing, really. I'm able to get a lot of professional advice from them, and sometimes they help me out with surgeries and other such things. The same goes for trimmers who help me out with trimming, and the people who support me by donating potty sheets and doggy diapers. I'm able to continue what I'm doing thanks to these people. I have no reason to be afraid of ghosts. 😣

一個人が繋げる命なんてたかが知れてるけど、数にこだわることなく一頭一頭確実に（新しいお家を見つけるにしろ ここが終の住処となるにせよ）幸せをつかんでもらいたいと思っています。
My aim is to let those in my care have a chance at happiness, all as individual animals and not a "mass" of them, whether that means they find a happy forever home, or they spend their last days here with me.







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