Posted on 01/14/2018 4:39:17 AM PST by Lmo56
It started with a bat in a bucket and a curious 6-year-old boy.
Now that boy, Ryker Roque, is being kept under anesthesia in an Orlando hospital in a desperate bid to save him from the deadliest virus there is: rabies.
If Ryker Roque lives, he will be only the third child in the U.S. to survive rabies, which is almost always fatal.
But the family is trying an experimental technique they hope will help Ryker survive the terrible infection.
It started when Ryker's father, Henry Roque, found a sick bat.
"(I) found a bat, put it in a little bucket, put it on the porch and I had asked my son, 'don't touch it under any circumstances'," Roque told NBC News.
"So, apparently he put his hand in there and touched it and he said it only scratched him, so I frantically googled it real quick and it says to wash his hands with soap, hot water for five minutes."
They knew they should have taken Ryker for immediate medical attention but relented when Ryker cried at the thought of getting shots.
(Excerpt) Read more at today.com ...
you don't ask....you DEMAND not to touch the bat...better yet, why have it around.
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