Come on, everybody! Raise your hands in the air if you love, love, LOVE rabies shots!! Woohooooo!!! Par-tay! Go, Ribbit. It's your birthday. Go, Ribbit. It's your birthday.
Ok, it's not my birthday. That would make this suck all the more worse.
Rabies shots start tomorrow. Animal control was wonderful and came out to set a trap. They're being very helpful. The Dr. at the clinic I went to yesterday was seemingly unconcerned about rabies, but I called my regular dr today just to make sure the bite was in my file along with getting the tetanus shot and she's 150% convinced that rabies is an immediate risk and I need to start treatments tomorrow.
You can't make this stuff up.
I wonder if there's a rabies awareness color I can start for Keychains for a Cause..... :) Hey, if I don't laugh, I'm going to cry....which I did - right in the middle of class after I got the innitial phone call. Then, as I was walking back to the classroom a magnificent senior asked if I'd be his escort for the baseball team's senior night - their last home game. After school, I ran to animal control, back to the house for them to set the trap and then back to work to fetch the kids. We got the student a candy bar 'flower' arangement, the kids and me a pizza and went back to my school to eat so I could get some work done and then went to the ball field. While we were standing in the middle of the field, the second call from the dr. came through. I had to leave the field to take the phone call. I felt bad for the kid, but since he was in the class where I teared up, he understood, but I still think it looked bad.
I'm telling you, you can't make this stuff up.
At least I'll have a better chance of surviving a zombie attack.
The morning comes early. Damn that cat. Sweet gardening dreams.
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January 27, 2015 - Family update
9 years ago
I know you are not happy about this, but I am glad you are getting the rabies shots. There is no way to know if the cat has rabies or not and you can't wait until symptoms appear for treatment. Thank goodness the cat didn't attack one of your children.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt! I'm very thankful each day that it didn't pounce on the children. Very thankful.
ReplyDeleteJust echoing what Rachel said. I worried about you all day (and night, and day). Bite the bullet, baby and we'll be holding you tight, if only in our thoughts.
ReplyDeleteOh no! Well, you are right about the zombie thing, you will be pretty much set after this! Sorry you have to go through that, I'll be thinking about you tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI had a friend whose entire family had to go through this -- and they weren't even sure they'd been all bitten by the bat. I'm so so sorry, but I'm really very glad that you are getting it taken care of. Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteGo hard or go home, man. I have to go to the county health department which has me scared to begin with. Maybe I'll find some unsuspecting nurse who will be willing to doccument the adventure for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you called your doctor. I was wondering why the doctor you went to didn't think about rabies. Hope you catch the crazy cat, I wouldn't want him hanging around my house. Good luck at the health department.
ReplyDeleteToo bad the cat isn't caught yet to tell, but I'm glad you are getting the shots. I wish I could come hold your had for you.
ReplyDeleteUgh. Hopefully the cat is no longer a threat to you in the near future! Sorry about those rabies shots, but also glad you're getting them!
ReplyDeleteHOLY..... You are one strong woman. And I would be with my head in the sand... Don't check my blog for a few days... I have ktity news of my own. LOL.
ReplyDeleteOh dear--I'm so sorry about this. Hoping all goes well.
ReplyDeleteDamn psycho cat.