Sat Sep 7, 2013, 10:15 PM
JanMichael (21,414 posts)
Has anyone here ever been treated for post rabies exposure?
We had a bat in our bedroom this week; we were both sleeping. Trapped the bat in a net, and thought he was dying, so left him in the net on the front porch. In the morning the bat was gone-- found out that we had to be treated at the ER-
We have good insurance....and right now, the cheapest out of pocket cost we are looking at will be around 2 grand--- maybe. We haven't been able to get a straight answer on the prices from either the hospital or the insurance company.
The disconnect of the medical professionals and insurance companies in the US is amazing. If the damned bat had just waited a year, ObamaCare would have at least forced the two institutions to show their hand. This has GOT to be the only damned thing Americans buy and have to guess how screwed they are going to be.
btw...should you ever wake up to a bat...leave the room, and contact animal control to get it asap. It must be alive when it reaches the lab for an accurate post mortem. We did not know any of this--- we have always liked bats...still do, and he's probably flapping around above the house right now, chomping down mosquitoes- but, we are just screwed.
Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023620620
They have a bat in their bedroom???:
Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.
51 deaths confirmed as a result of bat rabies in the past 56 years (since 1951). An average of less than one death per year.
*Of the 51 confirmed deaths, 4 contracted rabies through organ transplants.
Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity. Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?Remember,
80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.
Don't assume you weren't bitten either--- over 80% of bat related rabies deaths in the US were from an undetected bite.
Sounds like we all better start those injections, just to be on the safe side.
Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity. Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?
...From the Centers for Disease Control:
Morale of the story: Don't let them give you a bat kidney.
Depends on where you are in the US and get the scare of your life.
Up here bats are funny Little fellows, most are incest eaters and no problem, small and can curl up into a quarter size and hide behind a picture frame.
Problem is these are social animals and want to roost among their own. Sleep all day and come out at night, some what like cats.
Depending on the kind of Bat, if a few are in your home you will seldom know it unless something wakes them up.
You may wonder why you are the only family in an apartment building to have no ants, roaches or
bed bugs. Could be the pesky bats are taking care of that.
Bats are hard to catch, but just open a window with a screen the bat will go for it and close the window.
Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity. Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?
Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity.
Especially if you're starting out half that checklist already done.
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Let's see here, $2000 vs. painful death preceded by insanity. Is this really the time to be quibbling over prices?If a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?
If a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?
If a DUmmie had rabies, how would anybody know?
My reaction too.
I'm thinking mini stroke?
"Oh no a bat...I have to run to the ER because I could have rabies!" :ohnoes: :ohnoes: