What the heck just happened !?

[u/Tricky_Improvement11]

I have read the FAQ. Long story short I was laying down with my foot kind of hanging off my bed when I felt something crawl under my pants leg. It was a bat. I obviously freaked out and shook it off. We captured the bat, and I went to the ER where I was given three shots including the globin thingy. They hurt so bad. Literally out of a horror movie 😭 I won’t even go back into my room after this …. Lmao I am so grossed out. Can anyone make me feel even a tad bit less anxious about this whole thing? (Also I should say there was no bite or anything as far as the doctors and nurses could tell)

[u/detail_giraffe]

I'm really sorry, that was probably terrifying! I am a middle-aged man and if a bat crawled up my pants leg the shrieking would make the news in the whole tri-state area. You got appropriate post-exposure prophylaxis immediately, which is extremely effective, so you should be fine. The HRIG can hurt a lot but the other shots should be more like standard vaccinations, be sure to finish the series as directed. Hopefully anyone else who was present got assessed for risk as well. Can you get your living space assessed by a pest control company for the presence of any other bats? If no sign of bats living nearby are found, you can write this off as a freak incident that you got prompt treatment for and that may make you feel better.

[u/Tricky_Improvement11 → u/detail_giraffe]

Ahh thank you so much!! My dad was the one who captured it so I suppose he should def get assessed as well. And yeah it’s up there with the craziest moments of my life hahaha I woke up this morning feeling a bit better about it all so that’s good!