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5 receiving rabies treatment due to rabid cat in SE Roanoke (VA)
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| July 6, 2009
| Karen McNew
Posted on 07/08/2009 11:56:23 AM PDT by Darnright
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To: central_va
>I got bit by a bat and had to get them also. Sucked. Plus I hypocondriacted myself constantly thinking, do I feel hot? Does water still taste good. Why do these goth chicks look so hot to me?<
Now I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!
I used to work with animals. I went through the preventative rabies treatment. I never had to get vaccinated from actually being bitten, thank goodness. As I recall, it was a series of shots, but they weren’t all that painful. A single tetanus shot is much worse.
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:00:53 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
To: Lurker
You are confusing feral cats with pets. Feral cats have no owner.
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:02:58 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: central_va
Why do these goth chicks look so hot to me?
Ahhh...blurred vision, impaired judgement, mild insanity, and swelling of the brain...certainly symptoms that might cause concern.
To: Darnright
As I recall, it was a series of shots, but they weren’t all that painful.
Worst one was the first one after being bitten. They took the needle and stuck it under the affected area. As they injected the medicine, they "wheeled" the needle around under the bite to spread the medicine out over the entire area. So they jammed the needle in and twisted it around in a circle.
The only other bad part was the cycle itself. Having to go back in a week, then two weeks after that, then three weeks after that (forget the actual durations), etc.
Actually finding the vaccine was tough as well. Had to pay an ER co-pay for the first treatment, then had to go about 40 minutes to downtown Cleveland for the remainder of the treatments.
To: mmichaels1970
>Worst one was the first one after being bitten. They took the needle and stuck it under the affected area. As they injected the medicine, they “wheeled” the needle around under the bite to spread the medicine out over the entire area. So they jammed the needle in and twisted it around in a circle.<
They told me after the preventative series, if I got bitten I’d only have to have a single injection.
Something tells me that one injection would be the one you describe above (shudder).
You poor thing!
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:16:56 PM PDT
by
Darnright
(There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive. - Tacitus)
To: AppyPappy
You are confusing feral cats with pets. Whatever. It's illegal for cats to be running the neighborhood in my jurisdiction. So if they're on my property and get in my trap it's off to the County they go.
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:18:55 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: Lurker
Do you do the same with other people’s birds? After all, they are a nuisance. Always pooping on cars and lawn furniture and houses. Do you set traps for them?
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:22:32 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
Do you do the same with other people’s birds? If someone elses bird lands on my property and wanders into my trap, sure.
Now since songbirds are legally protected in my State, I have to put up with them. Trapping them is a crime.
L
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posted on
07/08/2009 1:26:42 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
To: MikeWUSAF
Well I am all more some of them
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posted on
07/08/2009 3:28:14 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Stimulus = Kenyan term meaning "pissing away your future")
To: mmichaels1970
Just try it buddy! I'm on to you!
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posted on
07/08/2009 3:31:21 PM PDT
by
packrat35
(Stimulus = Kenyan term meaning "pissing away your future")
To: packrat35
Oh yeah, she’s rabid, I can tell by the shoes.
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posted on
07/08/2009 3:38:12 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: packrat35
ping to 2nd amendment “bang” list.
To: AppyPappy
Do you do the same with other people’s birds? After all, they are a nuisance. Always pooping on cars and lawn furniture and houses. Do you set traps for them?
Replies like that tell me you are not among the sane or logical.
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posted on
07/08/2009 6:17:38 PM PDT
by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: MikeWUSAF
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posted on
07/08/2009 6:22:59 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
07/08/2009 6:38:35 PM PDT
by
TSgt
(Extreme vitriol and rancorous replies served daily. - Mike W USAF)
To: MikeWUSAF
Some just can’t make the distinction between a cute kitten and an animal that’s turned wild.
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posted on
07/08/2009 8:23:39 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck. (Let them eat arugula!))
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