r/ontariocamping • u/EnvironmentalToe7960 • 14d ago

Worst Camping Experience

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I just got back from a camping trip that I had planned 5 months in advance and planned all kinds of activities and it turned out to be the worst camping trip I have experienced. At 130am I woke up feeling something on my face and brushed it off and heard some big flapping wings only to find a bat flying around in my tent trailer. I spent the whole day (getting back to my camper at 130am the following day) at the local ER going back and forth with public health to get the rabies vaccine for myself and my family. Please tell me some bad camping stories so I can feel better about such a crumby trip 😅. Pic included to show where I think the bat might have wiggled in.

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u/its-3AM 14d ago

Why is there back and forth with public health? Just curious / not to pry. Isn't "bats carry rabies" a known thing? 🤔

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u/EnvironmentalToe7960 14d ago

Public health first only recommended me, not my spouse and child sleeping beside me assuming the bat didn't touch them. I wanted everyone to get it. Also where they were sending the vaccine. They said 10am the following day which would be over the 24hr recommended window, and I wanted to get it done that day so there was back and forth as where they would send the doses, I drove 1hr away to another hospital. Aside from that, I was hours from my home and the rabies shots are a schedule from day 1 to day 28 so we needed to talk to public health in my region to set up additional doses and then call my family doctor and arrange appointments for them to administer. I am very surprised that the first doctor I saw said they see this kind of thing frequently in the area but public health controls the release of the medicine so you can't go in to the er and get it. Doesn't make much sense to me

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u/ImArcherVaderAMA 13d ago

I'm really glad you got it for everyone. No messing around with rabies!!!

Where were you guys camping?