[SUNDAY UPDATE] - Well this has been a real fun couple days. (PERSONAL RANT)

"getFuckedHerb" (goongetfuckedherb)
06/14/2020 at 22:30 • Filed to: Personalopnik, covid-19

This is in no way car related, so if that annoys you, don’t read this very long story of me being frustrated and sick.

We did manage to paint the outside of the garage, it looks much better now!

Sunday Upate:

First, thank you sincerely for the outpouring of get well wishes. I really appreciate them and they were joyful to read. Second, today was our 2nd round of shots. The 4 year old knew what was up, he immediately protested with screams of “NO SHOTS NO SHOTS” but eventually bucked up and told the 2 year old (who did not care one bit about having to get another shot) that they needed to be brave so they didn’t get sick.

Round two of shots went fine, I was finally feeling a little better by the time the 2nd shot got shoved into me and now I’m down and out again. Yuck. The kids thankfully are totally fine along with the wife.

Thanks Oppo, appreciate the love.

ORIGINAL POST:

Thursday night my 4 year old came to me and said “DAD you gotta come see this!” normally it’s something he’s built, a toy etc. I say “Sure man lets go look” and into the living room we trot.

“LOOK” he squeals and points at the floor between some toys.

I look for what he’s trying to show me (sometimes it’s mundane ordinary things he thinks are spectacular and I try to figure them out and agree with him when I can...) and it takes me a moment to notice the nearly dead bat laying on the floor.

Well shit.

I’ve dealt with bats when I was younger so I didn’t think anything of telling the kids to leave the room, grabbing something and scooping it up and tossing it out into the wild. It was obviously weak or very asleep as it chattered at me as I used my makeshift rescue equipment to scoop it outside. I didn’t think much of it. I was proud of my kids for not touching it and coming to get me.

Then the fun started.

A casual text to my sister who is in the health care field turned into “you should call ask a nurse, you guys probably need the rabies vaccine..” I thought she was crazy, no one screamed/squealed about getting bit, surely a 2 and a 4 year old (both very verbal) would say something. I surely didn’t get bit. My wife refused to come within a few feet of it. Then the unkown arrived: where did the bat come from? How long had it been in the house? Long enough to starve itself? Did the cat or dog bite it? (Our cat is a hunter)

We called ask a nurse.

Their response: Call your Primary Care physician right away in the morning, you probably need to come in since the bat was unattended with the children. Ugh. Dread washes over you as a parent, you’re sure this is the moment the world recognizes your failure as a dad.

The call to the doctor in the morning was not comforting.

After the customary 2 hour wait to get anything back we were told to go to the ER, right away as they were the only place that would have the rabies vaccine and enough of it for 4 people and we would all need it. Fantastic, nothing better than going to the ER during this COVID situation with 2 kids.

After the mandatory 2 hour ER waiting room sit was over

we were ushered back to the exam room where we retold the situation 20 times, the provider was trying to find a way to suggest we didn’t need to be vaccinated but her final statement was “I can call the state but I would get vaccinated”. I knew she was right, survival rate of rabies is basically 0 and I didn’t keep the bat to get IT tested so we couldn’t know for sure.

By the time you have rabies symptoms, it’s too late, it’s almost certain you’re ona countdown to death.

We were then informed that the rabies vaccine had to be ordered from a couple pharmacies across the city (Remind me again why I had to come to the ER?) and that it’d be a bit before we could get our shots and be on our way. The 2 and 4 year old were not worried, simply stating that they’d really like to get shots so they can go home and play.

The shots arrived, with the physician noting that the first part was based on weight, so if I could please give them both arms and both legs they’d give me my 4 shots.

I let the kids watch so they knew it didn’t hurt. It hurt like hell when they injected 7 ml of anti-globiulan shit into 3 sites . Our 4 year old volunteered to go first, the typical crying after but it wasn’t any worse than any other shots. The two year old didn’t seemed bothered by the 4 year old’s displeasure and lined right up for hers. She took it hard. Once she was calmed down my wife asked us to leave so she could get hers, she doesn’t do well with shots.

After everyone had shots we signed out and headed for home. My nausea was almost instantly impacting me.

Everyone else seemed fine. Great I thought, this will pass quickly. and I’ll be on my way. But it didn’t. All night, all day yesterday nasua continued along with general uncomfortableness and a low grade fever. Last night after working on some house projects I got a sore throat. I called my wife and told her to stay with her mom in case it was Covid.

Sadly the COVID symptoms and rabies vaccine side effects have some crossover.

So with tingling in my fingers starting this morning I put in an e-Visit stating all my symptoms. I got back for my $33 visit a form letter informing me that I didn’t have symptoms that meant I should get tested for COVID but I should stay home. Frustrating.

Now I deal with a 100 degree fever and wait for the 2nd round of shots tomorrow.

DISCUSSION (47)

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 11:56

Yikes! Hope you’re all feeling better soon.

But what about the pets, if that was one of their initial concerns? Assuming they have their shots, but do they need any follow up?

getFuckedHerb > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
06/13/2020 at 11:59

Vet says they are up to date and no concerns/needed action for either of them even if they interacted with it. I suspect the cat did find the bat at some point, as she has been doing her best “proud kitty, bringer of death” routine she normally reserves for finding a mouse in the house or the like. Thank you for the well wishes, I appreciate it.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 11:59

Holy fuck, that’s not the problem I was expecting to read. I inferred that it was going to be a construction-related problem since the leading picture was your garage with materials stacked outside of it.

We probably both wish it was a construction problem at this point.

For what it’s worth, you did what you had to do, despite the frustrations. I hope you get better soon and that your family’s alright.

Tapas > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:00

That blows! I hope you get better soon.

What in the ever loving fuck was a bat doing in your house? Just chillin?

getFuckedHerb > gin-san - shitpost specialist
06/13/2020 at 12:04

Thanks, I appreciate the well wishes. We’ve had plenty of other annoying issues (specifically replacing a well pump and it’s plumbing twice in the last week GRR) but nothing that is more than annoynace.

getFuckedHerb > Tapas
06/13/2020 at 12:04

Thanks man, I appreciate it. Unkown how the bat got in but we live in a house that was built in 1900 so crap like this sort of happens I guess.

ttyymmnn > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:04

Wow, that really sucks. Sorry to hear that. We have lots of bats in this part of TX, and the protocol for finding a sick/dead bat are pretty well known: don’t fucking touch it. I’m not a doctor (at least, not that kind of doctor), but I would wager that if your symptoms began immediately after your shots, you are having effects from the rabies shot, not Covid. Hang in there.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:06

Hope for a quick recovery. Thanks for the new fear.

Nibby > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:06

hang in there and hope you feel better soon! if you have trouble breathing or get chest tightness call 911!

getFuckedHerb > ttyymmnn
06/13/2020 at 12:07

Yea my lack of aware ness of what to do with it really shot myself in the foot. Wish I would have kept it. I assume the same but we have new babies in the family with health issues and while I’m not seeing them directly at any point I’ m part of the rotating crew taking care of their siblings so mom and dad can be at the hospital so the thought of spreading covid is truly terrifying as it could be a death sentence for them or mean mom and dad couldn’t see their child .

getFuckedHerb > Nibby
06/13/2020 at 12:08

Thanks man, appreciate it!

ttyymmnn > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:09

You did absolutely the right thing by seeking medical attention. I’m sure everything will be fine, it just sucks that you’re having such bad side effects.

facw > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:20

That sucks, my parents have been though it. Apparently bats can bite without people noticing, so yeah you’re kind of stuck with all that painful fun, especially if you didn’t keep the bat to send for testing.

shop-teacher > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:20

Holy crap! That really sucks! I hope you feel better soon.

dogisbadob > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:25

get better soon

VincentMalamute-Kim > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:27

Thanks for posting this since I didn’t know what to do if I found a bat in the house. I’m way worse than your kids with getting shots.

Grindintosecond > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:28

Survival rate isn’t basicly zero. It is zero.

This was a great show:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/312245-rodney-versus-death

It interviews the first person to survive rabies without a vaccine. The whole show is about people who have survived zero survival moments.

dogisbadob > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:32

Get better soon

RangerSmith > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:34

As someone who has never had the vaccine, this might seem like I’m saying this from an ivory tower... but at least it’s not the old vaccine! The one with an absurd amount of shots directly into your abdomen .

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:39

Oh dang that’s tough. It’s always hard when you know there really wasn’t much else to do but the results of your actions are still causing you grief. Hope you feel better soon. Probably not COVID given the timing but I admire your dedication to your family by quarantining yourself.

sn4cktimes > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 12:45

Yee sh , that sucks. The kids handling their shots okay?

vondon302 > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 13:40

Ugh that rabies shot is no joke. I was about 12 when I got it. I thought I was going to die.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 16:02

You know that scene in the Batman movies where young Bruce is swarmed by bats and runs around screaming? I always thought he was overreacting but now I’m properly scared of bats. Thanks.

jminer > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 16:45

Don’t kick yourself too hard about not keeping the bat. You would have had to have gotten the shots anyway. A Rabies test on an animal takes at best several days. Most states send the animal to a central lab where it is tested as most facilities don’t do this wok.

Sorry about the experience - it’s a motherfucker and I hope you feel better and your family doesn’t get worse!

TheRealBicycleBuck > getFuckedHerb
06/13/2020 at 18:40

I think my wife would like for me to find a bat so she’d have an excuse to get me out of the house for tw o weeks.

Good luck. Being sick sucks.

Tapas > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 20:00

Wow.... Really hope there isn't a cave fill of them connected to your house

getFuckedHerb > jminer
06/14/2020 at 21:53

Thanks man, that is what I keep telling myself, that we’d have done the worst part anyway.

getFuckedHerb > Grindintosecond
06/14/2020 at 21:54

Exactly, this is why we all 4 got the vaccine!

getFuckedHerb > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
06/14/2020 at 21:54

Thanks man, appreciate it.

getFuckedHerb > facw
06/14/2020 at 21:55

Yep that is where we are now, just do it because rabies vaccine is better than certain death on the 1% or whatever it is chance.

getFuckedHerb > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
06/14/2020 at 21:55

Yea the sad part is they’re really not scary creatures outside of the rabies chance and the whole their poop is basically battery acid bit.

getFuckedHerb > TheRealBicycleBuck
06/14/2020 at 21:56

Appreciate it, she’s pretty unhappy that I’m the only one having side effects. She’s already called it the man flu.

getFuckedHerb > VincentMalamute-Kim
06/14/2020 at 21:56

Kids took it really, really well. I couldn’t believe it.

getFuckedHerb > vondon302
06/14/2020 at 21:56

The side effects have been BRUTAL for me but luckily kids and wife are fine.

getFuckedHerb > shop-teacher
06/14/2020 at 21:56

Appreciate it!!

getFuckedHerb > sn4cktimes
06/14/2020 at 21:56

Yep, no side effects that we can tell. 2nd round was today and they did great.

getFuckedHerb > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
06/14/2020 at 21:57

Thank you and sorry at the same time!

getFuckedHerb > dogisbadob
06/14/2020 at 21:57

Appreciate it!

getFuckedHerb > RangerSmith
06/14/2020 at 21:57

Yep, in the past it was up to 30 shots and in the belly. Rough crap. Because of my weight I’ll end up with 8 total shots when this is all over.

getFuckedHerb > Tapas
06/14/2020 at 22:00

I really hope there is, maybe I could turn into parking...

ttyymmnn > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 22:34

Good news.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 22:42

Wow - what an experience. I’m glad to hear that you’re all OK, more or less...

A year ago, when I had those pulmonary embolisms (emboli?) , I had to give myself injections in the stomach several times a day for weeks after I was discharged from the hospital. That suuuuucked . The IV in the hospital wasn’t a problem, and after a month I was placed on blood thinner pills which was a major improvement, but the self-injectected blood thinners were a pain, literally and figuratively. Just another fun and exciting side-effect of chemotherapy - the hits just kept coming; skin peeling off my palms and soles , nausea, emboli, etc. - the treatment seemed worse than the disease...

foghat1981 > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 22:54

Sorry to hear. Glad to hear the kids are handling it. Way easier to be sick as a dad than to be dealing with sick kids!

shop-teacher > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 23:28

Hopefully the second round doesn't take you down as hard!

Tapas > getFuckedHerb
06/14/2020 at 23:33

Smart man!

Chariotoflove > getFuckedHerb
06/15/2020 at 00:53

Hope the rest of the ride isn’t as rough. Get well.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > getFuckedHerb
06/15/2020 at 10:31

Glad to hear you all are doing well.