http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: I have to get rabies shots en Sun, 26 May 2013 01:52:25 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676331 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:52:06 +0000 feral 676331@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Emma....your so darned Lovable!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676330 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:49:46 +0000 Emma 676330@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The nurse who was filling out the chart asked me if I lived alone or with others. I told her I was a widow with two cats and a very large social network.</p> <p>She grinned. "Wish that was true of more women who are widowed!"</p> <p>It should be true of all of us. TDK is a VERY powerful network, aside from the friends and family we have near us. </p> <p>It is life-affirming, this site! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676295 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:05:26 +0000 AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew 676295@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>{{[Emma}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676291 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:47:22 +0000 Buttercup 676291@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh Lordy Emma! {{{{Hugs}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676280 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:03:25 +0000 cricketsmama 676280@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>(((Emma)))) I am so sorry you have to go through this. I hope the shots are easy and the days go by fast for you.<br /> lol at your priest friend....that's funny :) Hope you got a chuckle from that too.. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676278 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:57:20 +0000 Kilroy 676278@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Emma, if you can laugh (and I hope you're laughing) I know you're going to be OK.</p> <p>{{{Emma}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots/page/2#post-676277 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:50:44 +0000 Siobhan 676277@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>LOLOLOLOL </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676275 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:50:08 +0000 Emma 676275@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I came in this morning and ran into one of my favorite priests. His first words?</p> <p>"It's BATGIRL!" </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676265 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:58:11 +0000 Siobhan 676265@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Better to be safe than sorry, Emma...but I am so sorry you have to be poked so many times! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676264 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:54:55 +0000 katthays 676264@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Argh....so sorry you have to go through this!!! I hope it all goes well for you....gentle HUGS to you. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676246 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:35:49 +0000 LadyKat of IA 676246@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Emma, hope everything goes well. Your strength will get you through. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676240 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:31:12 +0000 jcat 676240@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>{{{Emma}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676239 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:27:21 +0000 WillowandWindismom 676239@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh, Emma - I have just now seen this. I am so sorry! You might think of taking Tylenol a half-hour before you go to get the shots.</p> <p>Sending you lots and lots of hugs and prayers. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676234 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:20:45 +0000 Emma 676234@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Ruggles and Rotley are both current with their rabies shots, and this morning I was in the Emergency Room at 5:30 am to start the series.</p> <p>The first day you get five -- count 'em, FIVE -- shots. There are three more shots you get on the third, seventh, and 14th day after the initial innoculations. </p> <p>The shots aren't too bad. The alternative, however, is hideous. So I'm just going to put everything in God's hands. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676166 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:09:18 +0000 feral 676166@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>{{{EMMA}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676139 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:29:44 +0000 Kiplings_cat 676139@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>If they do it in the deltoid nowadays and four shots only, it is only 25% worse than the hepatitis B series all health care workers are offered!</p> <p>And rabies is not good. Almost 100% fatal. The virus is in saliva, so a lick on an abrasion or other break in the skin issufficient.</p> <p>I'm assuming Ruggles and Rotley are up to date on their rabies shots too? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676135 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:22:46 +0000 Marnet 676135@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>{{{Emma}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676130 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:45:26 +0000 AV 676130@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>oh Emma!..... 'sucks' monkey toes!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676129 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:41:44 +0000 roxysmommy 676129@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh noes! (((Emma))) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676121 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:39:26 +0000 Puddytat 676121@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Emma, Love, hugs and prayers. From what my vet students have told me it is more expensive than painful. Of course, they are students! Please do not worry. We love you and are sending lots of hugs from me and T-Do, Hadley, Owen, Scout, Walter and even the little tiny kitty. Wish I could go and hold your hand. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676108 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:42:51 +0000 Jetta and Boo Boo's Mom 676108@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh no, Emma! Prayers that it will be a PITA and nothing else. ;)</p> <p>Seriously, sorry you have to go through this. My prayers for you. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676105 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:14:07 +0000 Pollys_Mum_in_UK_2605 676105@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Darling daughter had to have rabies innoculations when she went to Honduras to work with animals in the cloud forest. She said it wasn't that bad. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676103 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:50:35 +0000 Kilroy 676103@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thank goodness it's not 21 shots anymore, the thought of that gives me the vapors.</p> <p>{{{Emma}}} </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676102 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:49:19 +0000 ailuromaniac 676102@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>21 shots was a long time ago.</p> <p>It is now :<br /> 4 if you have never been inoculated but have been potentially exposed<br /> 3 if you are in an at risk of exposure category (like a vet, vet tech, or vet student...etc)<br /> 2 if you have been inoculated and have been exposed (bitten by an at risk animal)</p> <p>I shared the story in hope of making the series less threatening to Emma. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676100 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:44:20 +0000 CheetahBoysmommy 676100@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Poor Emma, I bet you don't like shots any more than I do. At least it's not the 21 day series of jabs in the tummy anymore.</p> <p>Better to be safe than sorry though. Tell the doctor you want a lollipop after each shot. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676095 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:19:00 +0000 Emma 676095@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Bats are so small that they don't always leave marks, and since I was asleep when the bat was first in my bedroom, well... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676093 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:57:05 +0000 jeankit 676093@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh my, you are in my thoughts and prayer to work thru this challenge dear Emma. (BTW you would have know if it bit you) Although it was years ago when we had bats up north we never got shots for they just flew around the house until we shooed them out of the door w/broom...maybe you don't?! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676075 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:12:51 +0000 Arcalian 676075@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>OMG.</p> <p>Better not to take the risk. Get the shots. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676070 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:43:30 +0000 debsterwiz 676070@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>{{{Emma}}}, I am so sorry to hear this! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/i-have-to-get-rabies-shots#post-676068 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:19:02 +0000 ailuromaniac 676068@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know you are anxious but it is much better these days.</p> <p>My Dad was bitten by a known rabid dog when he was a teen. At that time the shots were administered abdominally and there was a series of 21 shots. The vials had to be sent from the manufacturer daily and two vials were sent per day. One as a backup in case of breakage. If both vials were broken you could wait for the next shipment one time but if two doses were missed then the series had to be restarted from the beginning. </p> <p>I believe you fall into the 4 shot category.</p> <p><a href="http://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccines/rabies" rel="nofollow">http://www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccines/rabies</a></p> <p>Luck and don't bite the kitties. </p>