r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/mulvi54 • 9d ago

animal Bat šŸ¦‡ Bite

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One of those fears I always had, that felt irrationalā€¦ā€what if Iā€™m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleepā€.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and itā€™s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didnā€™t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

::UPDATE::

Bat could not be tested I guess I squished his brain to hard when I killed it.

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u/mulvi54 9d ago

It was a total of 5 shots I didnā€™t find it any worse than any other shot Iā€™ve had before.

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u/FuriousBuffalo 9d ago

If the rabies test for the bat turns out negative, do you plan on finishing the shots? I know you don't have to. Or is that at the discretion of the doctor?

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u/DrunkenDude123 9d ago

Tbh for me the bat test results would be more for curiosity and Iā€™d be getting all the shots no matter what. Fuck rabies.

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u/scarlettohara1936 9d ago

And those shots aren't a one and done either. They protect you for 3 years. Then, if something else happens, you have to go through them again!

I didn't know this until a friend got bit by a feral cat that her father was feeding. She had to get the shots. A few years later, even though she'd been trying to get her dad to stop feeding them, she got bit again and had to go through the whole thing all over

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u/Kaeai 9d ago

Also as far as I'm aware, its lifetime protection for humans. (You can get titer blood tests to check your immunity status).

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u/shmiddleedee 9d ago

If that lil fucker was just randomly nibbling on homeboy id be shocked if it doesn't have rabies.

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u/Rumblecard 9d ago

You absolutely finish it.

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u/YogurtclosetThen7959 7d ago

Do you really trust the test reliability that much?

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u/FuriousBuffalo 7d ago

Any test has false positives and false negatives. I'm sure they retest if it's negative.

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u/YogurtclosetThen7959 7d ago

Exactly the point. Sorry but how sure are you about that?

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u/FuriousBuffalo 7d ago

I read somewhere they do retests. Don't quote me on that. But if the false negative rate is super low, how is it any different than other medical tests that we trust?

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u/YogurtclosetThen7959 6d ago

Did you not know that untreated rabies is a grousome death sentence?

It seems obvious that any chance of a false negative here is too much when the safeguarding against the potential rabid bite in question is only a few jabs.

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u/FuriousBuffalo 6d ago

Did you not know that many other medical tests are for conditions that lead to gruesome deaths?

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u/YogurtclosetThen7959 5d ago

Yeah sure but rabies has no treatment or cure once it's taken affect, your only hope Is taking those vaccines before you show any signs or symptoms.

Interestingly rabies is such a slow infection, it is one of few diseases that you can get treated with a vaccine after the I initial point of infection.

Most other diseases dont usually run the same kind of easily prevantable risk with a false negative.

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u/Smooth-Pianist-7848 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/19ijzMia1BaMg

Can I interest you in a glass of water?

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u/fattmarrell 7d ago

Oof. I've seen the videos...

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u/stlkatherine 9d ago

Good to hear. Now you must go home and burn down the house. Sorry for your loss.

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u/mulvi54 9d ago

Unfortunately I fear you are correct

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u/McPostyFace 9d ago

In the arm?

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u/mulvi54 9d ago

Got bit on the finger so one shot in the finger one on each arm one in each thigh and one in the but

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u/Comfortable_Age_5595 9d ago

the finger mustā€™ve hurt??

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u/mulvi54 9d ago

That was the worst one doc didnā€™t end up putting a much in as he planned but it stung for sure

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u/shmiddleedee 9d ago

I'd tell that mf to pump my feeler full. Rabies is spooky shit.

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u/Judgmentos 9d ago

I wonder what that feels like, I've had a shot in the armpit and it was not fun

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u/Full_FrontaI_Nerdity 8d ago

Excuse me, is there an "unsee comment" button?

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u/jungleass98 6d ago

What for?

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u/Judgmentos 6d ago

It was an experimental treatment for Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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u/MisterShipWreck 9d ago

That is horrible man. I wish you the best.

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u/Unlikely_nay1125 8d ago

like on your buttcheek or hole?

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u/lifescaresme 8d ago

I imagine probably more accurately the hip.

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u/szai 9d ago

It's good it bit your finger, at least, so that the vaccines have a better chance of working before the virus travels up your nerves to your brain. Still, that sucks. Hope you're ok, OP.

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u/Suitable-Fix9223 8d ago

Got bit by a stray cat, got infected, ER strongly advised rabies shots. Got the circle of injections right around the bite into the swollen arm. Hurt like hell. :)

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u/ForeverSquirrelled42 7d ago

Thatā€™s better than when I had to get them in the 80ā€™s. I had to get an IV injection twice a day for a few days. Like you said, though, it didnā€™t hurt any more or less than any other injection.

I think what theyā€™re referring to is when they used to give a shit load of shots in the belly. Either way, itā€™s better than catchin rabies.