A Batty Story from the PoolDoc

[duraleigh]

Hi, Ben,

I would think poison control or the County Health Dept. would've tested the carcass for you....just to be completely positive.

[p.p.h.]

That is a batty story! Im %99.99999 sure Batman is gonna be ok.

[Watermom]

But - the real question is..... do you know how to read that decimal!

[tphaggerty]

My sister in law had a fox jump her, she managed to grab it by the neck before it bit her and had her husband killed it. She had scratches and such. Even then, the county health department REFUSED to test the animal for rabies, the hospital did it! (It was too expensive to have it tested according to the county). She did the whole rabies shot thing, apparently it wasn't as bad as people say it is.

Not a pool story, but don't count on the county health department to make the right call!

[MaryLee]

Wow..I'm glad your son is going to be O.K.

Thanks for the info on removing dead stuff from the pool. I get mice and chipmunks all the time and I'm always uneasy swimming for a few days after.

[farmgirl]

I hate to be truly GROSS...but I used to work for a veterinary lab where we tested for rabies all the time. The test involves removal of the animals' brain, and if it has been dead too long, the brain is too decomposed to test. That was probably the case with the bat. I also agree that there is virutally nothing to worry aobut in this case, as the virus, if it even existed, was too dilute to do any real harm. Also, the shots are not painful...except in the pocketbook. They are VERY expensive. But they have not given "shots in the belly" for decades, All shots are given in in the arm, just like any other shot.

[waterbear]

WOW! Don't know what else to say exccpt that I hope and pray that all turns out well. I know if it were a memeber of my family I would be a freaked out nut case!