On 3/30/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your mom was bitten by a bat suspected of being rabid, then she must have > had a series of shots...but then, that's why I advise people to check with > their MD or health department. I think most people would consider the > $10,000+ it cost for my husband and me to get the series (over a period of > about a month) last June a reasonably "huge deal" - and insurance doesn't > always cover it.
Yes, the treatment shots (or exposure shots) are a huge deal, and not something I want to put myself through. It's not fair to say I got bit by kitty. She had a siezure and was bashing her head against the ground, so I put my hand under her head. I had cut my palm earlier in the week and had open wounds, and her teeth cut my hand and her blood and saliva was all over my open wounds. I looked like a war refugee, right now I have a bag of bloody clothing that needs to be washed. I had to scrub blood off my jewelry, I had it on my face, it was in my hair where I touched it. I could go the rest of my life and not go through another night like that with any animal. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
