#輔助貓
清晨6點起床,看到手機裡傳來不少訊息,昨晚趕回家聽一位在劍橋的獸醫博士,線上分享怎麼在繁忙的工作中,試著做臨床研究,她是啟發我開始做短吻犬阻塞性呼吸道症侯群的重要人物,看著臺灣獸醫在世界的其他地方,有著卓越的成就,心裡十分感動。
而現在要分享的,是隻跟著牠的主人,一起到劍橋讀書的貓-歐歐,牠是一隻「自閉症患者輔助貓」。
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在去年,牠的同胎手足-依依,牠們當時還是需要喝奶的小貓,被牠的主人救起來帶回家照顧。由於還在需要哺乳的時期,每天都要餵好幾次。
就這樣餵著餵著,兩貓也越來越大,有一天,依依把奶嘴頭咬斷,卡在食道裡了⋯😱我跟牠主人就從那天認識。記得牠被帶來時,大概才要1個月,也才不過500g,只有我的手掌大,光麻醉就是挑戰,而食道塞著斷掉的奶嘴頭,就讓牠快要窒息了,每次有這樣的狀況發生,我就又抱著牠在醫院奔跑並呼叫同事:「急救!快點!插管!」我的夥伴們總是一聽到關鍵字,就會拋下手上的事,衝來協助;上針、給藥、插管、推內視鏡,在最短的時間內,我們順利的把奶嘴頭拿出來了。
但是危險還沒有結束,因為依依是在餵奶時咬斷奶嘴頭,在卡住食道的過程,牠曾嘔吐,液體就嗆入氣管,造成吸入性肺炎,這是我們最擔心的事。依依在氧氣病房奮鬥了五天,最後還是因為嚴重的肺炎離開了。
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歐歐,牠似乎不知道牠的手足離開,或許是因為有主人滿滿的照顧,牠代替著依依,連牠的份一起活下去。
有一天,歐歐的主人跟我說,他要帶牠一起去英國劍橋念書了,我當時還沒有想很多,但在幫他準備一些文件的過程中,他說,已幫歐歐申請了”Service Cat”的證件,我看到那個證,心裡超級激動,因為在今年一月去法國時,我也看到一個人,牽著他的小狗在機場準備出關,小狗身上有一件背心,上面也寫著“Service Dog”。那位飼主說,因為「我需要牠的陪伴,牠已經陪我去過好幾個國家了,我們也去過臺灣。」
今年9月,歐歐跟牠的主人,啟程前往劍橋,不過在旅程第一天就出了點小狀況,歐歐有一張文件沒帶到,結果在出關時,必須先留在動物中心觀察,等文件補齊。我一早看到訊息,立刻跟歐歐主人聯絡,那天我最早就趕到醫院,因為英國機場的動物中心的行政人員,要打電話跟我確認歐歐是隻健康無虞,沒有帶原狂犬病的孩子。
還好一切都很順利完成,歐歐在當地時間近中午的時候,順利跟牠的主人,正式開始前往劍橋讀書的日子。
一直到最近,歐歐的主人才慢慢的透露給我,他說他有Autism(自閉症),我聽了以後,跟他說:「我從來不覺得,你有這樣的狀況,因為,你對我來說,不僅是個超級負責的飼主,也是個很勇敢的人,你很棒。」
原來,是歐歐,讓他開始勇敢的獨自一人外出、出國讀書、跟人接觸交談。
在動物的陪伴之下,我們可以無所畏懼。
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因為你們,我也無所畏懼,該為你們爭取的自由,我會勇敢的說,不再沉默。
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"See this moment? I've never experienced a moment like this..."
'This picture captures the face of a mother who saw her child, who she can't hug, wash, dress, snuggle and touch freely lay on his new Service dog of his own free will, with a purposeful, unspoken attachment.
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"See this moment? I've never experienced a moment like this. Yesterday was the first day my 5 year old Autistic son met his new Autism Service Dog, Tornado. We are Americans that live overseas in Japan and have prepared for nearly two years to meet Tornado.
This picture captures the face of a mother who saw her child, who she can't hug, wash, dress, snuggle and touch freely lay on his new Service dog of his own free will, with a purposeful, unspoken attachment. This is the face of a mom who has seen her son experience countless failed social interactions on the playground in an attempt to have a friend. Any friend. Any kind of connection. She has sat with her son while he has cried at night for months because he has no consistent connections outside of the family no matter how hard he tries and no matter what he works hard on in his Autism therapies. It doesn't transfer to the natural occurring world for him. And now she is sitting behind her son silently watching this moment, with the air sucked from her lungs, and no words to say.
It's worth every fight for services for my son, every diagnosis, every new provider, every dollar spent, every paper filled out, every school meeting, every shed tear, every step forward, every step back, and every wonder of the unknown future. Somehow because of this - because of Tornado - I know everything will be okay. As a mother, I have seen countless challenging and painful moments my son has encountered and cried countless more. Yesterday however, I cried for a different reason. It is a feeling that is indescribable."
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