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  • I've had a completely debilitating fear of Rabies for about six years now, I'm absolutely terrified of contracting it, whether I came into contact with a rabid animal or not. Obviously I've done an immense amount of research on it, and for you to have survived one of the most horrendous diseases known to man, one that effects not only your physical health, but also destroys you mentally before you pass is an absolute inspiration. You're an absolutely incredible person!

  • @cocaineandyougotit I'm so scared of it... My cats got into a fight with a stray cat as they always do but my dad is too lazy to take them to the vet. I haven't been bit or scratched by my cats, but I'm so damn scared of them having rabies, they are getting vaccinated soon. I had a mini 3 second head ache and I could have sworn rabies had reached my head lol.

  • Jeanna I'm so happy you made it. Rabies is a horrible disease. I've always been affraid of it since I was a kid. You should thank God every minute of your life.

  • I had my gloves, but since i am a zoologist i should know better then touching a fox, right? Well, I didnt, thanks to my health care professor and her story ...they captured the poor animal and i am waiting for the results. This is story, a million miles away from her's, but to make a point, it's like landing on a moon, not only to survive but also to show such incredible recovery. Simply amazing

  • @stjenka That's whate gets most people, "Oh, it didn't look sick."

    Just because an animal looks healthy and friendly, doesn't mean it actually is.

  • I came across a fox a few weeks back, she was standing in the middle of the road and I stoped. Almost instantaneously she went under the car, so I steped out and the fox came to me like a cat. She didnt look hurt or affected in any way, she just looked at me. She also wasnt scared and didnt react to noises like clapping or yelling at her :)

  • I read about you in Wikipedia!

  • uhm..i was kinda wondering how deep or how severe is the wound of a rabid animal bite to get rabies? does it make a difference?

    and i read about your story, very moving:) and congrats for graduating

    godbless

  • Wanted say that. You are amazing and I'm so glad you are alive and that you have recovered. :D I'm so glad this world has found 1 cure. :D

  • you are an amazing person!

  • Thanks for posting. I'm happy you survived. It's my understanding the doctors decided to induce a coma so your body could fight the virus. Could you elaborate on this? I don't understand how a less functioning brain in a body would fight the virus better than a fully functioning brain-ed body would.

  • @Yepprd The brain has nothing to do with fighting off the virus. Once rabies reaches the brain, your dead no matter what. The coma simply prevented the virus from reaching my brain, therefore preventing death and allowing my immune system to have a chance at fighting it off.

  • @Yepprd Also, the immune system are independent cells on the blood, they don't need a working brain to do its work and the brain just play a minimal function in that system. :o)

  • I had to get the series of vaccinations 23 years ago when I was 11 years old. A Nice elderly lady in my neighborhood gave me a free kitten that was infected. Long story....I'm glad you made such an amazing recovery and thank you for sharing your story, and helping others to be aware of this terrible virus. Thank You!!

  • Nobody deserves this way to go,its sad. Hey nice recovering :)

  • Hey, Jeanna I just discovered you today, I had no idea someone survived rabies without the vaccination until I watched the extraordinary people documentary on here. I think your amazing, a real fighter. You had so much patience during your recovery, and strong will, initially when you first woke up it must have been terrifying for you having no voice etc. I wish you every success in the future :)

  • @chellisfat Your head has a SONAR feedback of a moth :P

  • JEANNA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are awesome! You just made a brand new discovery in medical history! :D You have saved quite a number of people if i have not mistaken..Anyway may god bless you! ^^

  • I am so happy to see you in should good health.

    I have two questions ....

     Has any research been done to see if a vacine can be made from your blood that could help someone who all ready shows signs of rabies? If you contracted rabies again would you be immune to the virus?

  • @TheFrenchpony 1) It has to go through a lot of security checks for tests to be done. I'm not sure the status, but they have thought of it.

    2) I'm believed to be "immune" now, but I might get a booster anyways.

  • @TheFrenchpony, Not what you asked but, U.S. government has approved $4.8 million on testing a new single dose vaccine for the disease which people think could even help those who already have the virus in their CNS.

  • This lass is the spitting image of my niece. I first heard about her - Jeanna - about 3 years ago. I emailed her saying, frankly, I didn`t believe her story. It still amazes me.

  • Your amazing.

  • I didn't know people didn't survive rabies - I seem to recall childhood warnings of catching it meant you had to get three long needles in your stomache at emerg once a week and that it was painful but I never actually talked to someone who'd been through it

  • @herstome5656 You can get shots. As long as you get them before symptoms appear. Also, they don't need to do stomach shots anymore. I had rabies shots in the summer of 2010 (i think). Anyway, essentially I the first day I got shots I had a shot in my left and right arm, both butt cheeks, and one in the thigh, then I had to go back every week or so for one follow up shot for about a month.

  • When a rabies survivor (the only one) makes a vlog on youtube and "write in the comments below" (like other vlogs like williamray,hot4words,etc), you definitely know s**ts awesome.

    Seriously on YouTube, I went from Battlefield 3 (Computer/video game) to Super Meat Boy, to I wanna be the Guy, to Jennifer Aniston, to Street Gangs, to Cartoon Network, then Extraordinary People (a bunch), the rabies case of Ms. Jeanna Giese (you), college grad vid to this. =) Amazing stuff :D

  • Can you please tell me, did you see? or hear? dreams? anything when you were in coma? or is just just nothing? just like switch off?

  • when I watched your documentary, I aways think if you were still same before and after Rabies cos it seems like your speech now is little bit weird..

  • graduated college...wow, congrats. you're inspiring. i did a bio paper on rabies so i'm pretty familiar. it's so wonderful that you connected with the one person who was willing to think outside the box. 99 % of other doctors would have just accepted your fate, but he was the one who fought back. you are so lucky. sounds like fate to me

  • What do you remember from coming out of the coma? Do you remember when you realized you'd need a lot of work to get back to being able to do everything you used to do?

  • My 11th grade English teacher once saw a raccoon with rabies. It was stumbling around in the middle of the street and trying to chase people. The police came and shot it. And my 8th grade Earth Sciences teacher, told us how one of his friends came across a DOE with rabies while out hunting! She was holding her head down, foaming, breathing really heavy, and tripping over things as she walked. :( He shot her and later burned the deer so foxes, dogs, etc wouldn't get the virus too.

  • @chellisfat They aren't actually "trying" to fly into your head. Most likely they are probably hunting and you get in the way, or something like that, idk. But bats do not aim for people's heads.

  • @24theillusionist I'm Alive

  • this is so moving and when i saw the tv show about it i was like "omg she survived something with no cure" and im ao sorry that it happend but it helps that it happend so we can help loads more people and can i ask what did you see while you were in a coma?? and agen sorry that it happend x

  • Jennie how do I get a hold of your doctor... we are leaving with bats we have asked for the vaccine.. but they will not give it to us... our dog has been biten by a bat.. and is under a quaranteen.. we are not sure if any of us have rabies... but my son.. and I do not feel well... and I am not really sure.. if we have rabies we are scared.. please help us

  • @Morningwhispers Ok, first, I don't know where you live. I don't think contacting my doctor would do anything, he's a pediatric infectious disease doctor.

    Second, this is why all dogs should be vaccinated. In the US I believe it's a law?

    Thirdly, you really only get the vaccine if exposure has occured. If it has, you need to report that to your doctor.

    I wish I could help more.

  • An Idea to finish the Rabies, Erradicate the all the bats and vacinate all the animals. That's it.

  • @VIDOTTONATOR Eradicate all the bats? Meanining what, kill off every bat on this planet?

    Ok, lots of things wrong with that: 1) Not all bats carry rabies 2) Bats aren't the only thing that carry rabies, so killing bats will hardly make any impact 3) Because of #2, you'll never be able to completely eradicate rabies 4) There's no possible way to kill every bat on Earth anyways 5) There's also no way to vaccinate every animal on Earth

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Can we vaccinate the whole planet earth? also moon if possible :3

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Well not to mention that bats are also a very important species on this planet. They consume vast amounts of insects and are major pollinators. The world as we know it would not exist without bats.

  • @VIDOTTONATOR

    Eradicate the bats is a really bad idea as bats are important to any ecosystem because they eat tons of insects every night. A bat bite is an unlikely event anyway if you exercise basic caution such as not picking up a fallen bat and isolate your windows with mosquito nets to keep both bats and insects outside. A more reasonable approach would be to cull stray dogs and educate people to avoid contact with wild animals such as foxes, raccoons and such.

  • Hello : ) , i read your story few minutes ago and watched some vids here on youtube. And ... it is really fantastic that you survived this virus. You are a miracle, nearly everybody on this planet were died ... so, your physique must be extremely strong. Congratulations on your degree and i wish you a long and healthy life. Best wishes from germany.

  • just heard the BBC interview . Very moving ,and super informative Jeanna . i've seen raccoons and opossum during the day in my area . is this a possible sign of rabies being that they are mostly nocturnal ?

    btw , that dimple is deadly =D

  • @NWforager It is odd to see them during teh day, yes. Rabies could be possible, but so could many other things. For instance, something like distemper or something as simple as something disturbing them in their nest.

    I'd monitor them, if possible to see if any unusual behavior develop.

    Just keep away from them (of course)

  • Your cute!

  • I'm a psychology major and have just discovered your story. It is a case study so unique. I am deeply intrigued.

    Having studied some on rabies and rabies victims in the past, my only question is this- what was your own personal experience with the virus? What things can you and can you not remember? In your own words, how did your brain and consciousness function during the onset and full blown effects of the virus? I'm interested to learn what went through your mind and how much you remember.

  • Haha bad edit :D you will learn.

  • Dang that's crazy!

  • Im really glad your survived but how?

  • @LiieZMuang you can read about it if you google "Milwaukee protocol".

  • Do you carry the disease?

  • Rabies is such a terrifying virus! You're very inspiring.

  • Around the beginning of June, I woke up with a swollen ear. I am sort of a hypochondriac and I'm all paranoid and think a rabid bat bit me in my sleep. I didn't see any bat when I woke up, and it's been nearly three months and nothing has happened. Do you think if it was a rabid bat I would've succumbed to the disease by now? I think I should have been long gone. Pllz reply

  • @Zagurzem Just because your ear was swollen does not mean you were bit by a bat. A spider bite (or an insect) sounds more likely. And, if a rabid animal bit you in the ear, it would take less than 3 months for the virus to reach your brain (=death). So, in MY OPINION, you're fine

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Thanks! I feel much better, especially since it's from one of the very few who's actually experienced this! BTW, how were you bitten? Did it hurt and was it bleeding badly? And how long did it take for the symptoms to show?

  • @Zagurzem I was bit by a bat, in the finger. It hurt a LOT (imagine a needle injecting something unpleasant into your fingertip), but it didn't bleed at all. It took 3 weeks for the symptoms to start.

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Did you ever get a wish from the Make a Wish Foundation?

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Why did you not get the medical attention to cure the rabies?

  • It's crazy how the virus can hide from the immune system!

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 I was bitten by a kitten last 2005 on my right thumb (it bit me near the finger nail). I did not have any shots co'z I did not tell anyone, I was 7 or 8 back then. i told the adults last year & they said that it's fine now & I don't need to worry but I'm still paranoid today. What do you think will happen to me? Do I need to worry? The wound didn't swell & redden. I didn't get any flu-like symptoms & It didn't show any signs of infections for the last 2005 until now.

  • @TheUnfinishedbook I'm pretty sure rabies doesn't stay dormant for 6 years. You most likely have nothing to worry about.

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01, Jeanna did you read the private message I sent you? I sent it 2 weeks ago and I have yet to receive a reply.

  • @84Canaan I never got a PM from you. I'm sorry. Otherwise I would have replied

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01, My question or suggestion was geared towards the doctor who treated you if you still had contact with him. Considering the protocol is only 16% effective (36 trials, 6 survivors). I was wondering if experimental drugs like Carbocyclic 3- Deazaadenosine and Ampligen could improve the protocol? The first drug is 100 times more potent than Ribavirin used in your protocol and it also suppresses another virus that belongs to the same family of viruses that rabies belongs too.

  • @84Canaan I cannot answer that, as I am far from a doctor. However, I do not think a more potent drug is smart. I suffered brain damage because of the amount of ribavirin that was used (I believe, but don't quote me, I'm out of the loop on my treatment lol)

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01, I still think it's worth a try, all the studies I have read mention nothing about Carbocyclic 3-deazaadenosine being toxic (it's even cured mice infected with Ebola; another virus that hides from immune system). The potency remark was in regards to how it eliminates viruses not how it affects the body. As for Ribavirin, I see what you mean ever since they removed it from the protocol there have been more survivors. Thanks for the reply though.

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 There are anecdotal reports of multi-year incubation periods however these are always somewhat difficult to confirm. One study which examined 12 cases found a median incubation period in humans of 39 days and the range was 29-240 days.

  • @SepherStar 6 years is a large stretch. Of course there are exceptions for everything on Earth.

  • Hey Jeanna! I live in the Philippines and I know that you went to Bohol for the "Bohol Rabies Project" last July as the guest speaker. What you said, is really inspiring. THANKS A LOT! Your story gave me the biggest impact on how to NEVER GIVE UP...

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  • Hi Jeanna: I remember hearing about your case and thinking how unprecedented it was as only a handful of people have ever survived rabies encephalitis. I hope you are not offended by this question, but I know the virus can have a very long incubation period, and as the survival rate is so low....do they know if the virus is still in your system and are you or could you ever become contagious?

  • @SepherStar, I don't think they ever found the virus in her system only the antibodies. At least that's what some news articles claim; they say that Jeanna's own immune system had gotten rid of most of the infection. The coma merely kept her alive long enough for her body to destroy the rest of the virus. That's what they have noticed that those who survive with Milwaukee protocol already have the antibodies before they're induced into a coma.

  • @SepherStar 84Canaan is pretty much correct. By the time I was tested, my antibodies had already begun to kill off the virus. The coma was used to prevent the virus from reaching my brain, allowing my immune system to finish it off.

    If I ever was able to spread the disease, I would be suffering from it, and die.

  • I got bitten by a mouse once, like you and the bat it was hanging off my finger by ut's teeth, I guess I was lucky not to get rabies as that was 6years ago. I didn't disinfect the bite or anything.. O.O

  • @chikensandwitch Rodents RARELY carry rabies

  • Can You get rabies from a dead animal that you didn't touch or have bite you? Is it airborne?

  • @KJT922010T It is not airborne. If the saliva dries, the virus is no longer affective. It has to bite you

  • GREAT STORY! Im so happy for you!

  • I'm stressing out right now...I ate a few strawberries out back and some of the strawberries may have been eaten by raccoons. What if the strawberries i ate came in contact with raccoons? I usually wash anything i pick from outside but it was so hot today and i was so hungry...you're a HERO i had to ask what you think...am i just paranoid or is there a risk? can i catch it just by eating something or does it have to enter my blood?

  • @98684ever 1) The infected saliva has to enter your blood. 2) If infected saliva dries out, it is no longer infected; so, saliva on strawberries out in the hot sun would be dry. 3) Why would you eat something that has a big bite taken out of it (haha just joking)

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Thank you for giving me closure.  I'm such a hypochondriac. Haha

  • I met an elephant with rabies. It was not fun.

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  • IM WATCHING YOU ON ANIMAL PLANET I SHOULDNT BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW!!!

  • @zombieslayer927 It's "I'm Alive", not "I Shouldn't be Alive". But still, awesome lol

  • Hey Jeanna!

    I had a rabies scare about 10 years ago, I got scratched by a street cat in India during a big rabies scare. Got the shots each week, but didn't have time to get the third one... I told myself, "if I get it, I'll record a diary so people will know exactly what it is like." Never happened in the end. It was pretty scary though.

    Really something to see how you've recovered. Your'e literally one of a kind!

  • @MenkeriosAndemicael I'm glad it all worked out. The thing is, by the time you actually would have been suffering from rabies, you wouldn't have enough control to write a diary. But it was a good idea :)

  • If you get bit by a mouse, you might have gotten the hunta virus.

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 I love monkeys ,hope one day I establish a monkey care center :)

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 this is my second rhesus macaque monkey ,I got recently after the death of first one.He will need time to stop biting as it's in their nature ,as of now he is only 9 months old.

    You know a couple year back when my first monkey bit me I saw your whole documentary after that I was so shocked about rabies ,I rushed to the hospital and got vaccination.

  • i cried when i learned what happened to you

  • Also, I saw a documentary about you a few years ago, and your speech has improved so much!!! :)

  • do you remember your psychological state at the time? i know you said you didnt feel aggresive, but were you anxious or paranoid?

  • Jeanna, you sound and look fantastic.

  • there was this mouse in my kitchen and i grabbed a paper towel and grabbed at it, and it bit me, its been about a week and i'm starting to feel weird, i've been out of it for days, its hard to explain. you know that feeling if you've been leaning on your had for a while and how your face feels sort of warm, i feel that. called my doctor and asked him if i could have gotten rabies, he said it was unlikey. the wound was small and it healed fine so he said not to go in. any info any one?

  • @MrTsorge Rodents are rarely found with rabies. But they are mammals, so it is possible, just very rare.

    Too bad you didn't keep the mouse to get it tested.

    Rodents can pass on other diseases, it could be a number of things, for instance tetanus.

    I guess if you are worried about rabies, go get the vaccinations.

  • i dont know if you heard in the news a little girl  survived rabies to she's the third person who has survived it crazy

  • Tollwut is German for rabies.

  • jeg synest at di som ikke vaksinerer dyrene sine er medannsvarlig om noen blir bitt av dyre deres og får rabies.Jeg mener at da er di annsvarlig får døden av den persjonen.jeg er heldig å bor i norge og her er vi rabiesfri

  • Did you experience hydrophobia? What was that like? Why would someone feel so anxious or why would they panic when presented with liquid to drink? Can't get my head around that...

  • @FongGhoul Rabies causes painful throat spasms, which is why hydrophobia comes into play. The spasms make swallowing impossible, and if forced the person can painfully drown.

  • did you have any sort of aggression at all? or any sort of pain that you felt?

  • @BloodRoseTheVampire Aggression, no. Pain, sort of? It's hard to explain the type of "pain" I had before the coma.

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 oh, you were in a coma... how long was it before you woke up?

  • Beautiful girl. Fantastic testament to American medical technology. In a socialized system, they'd have declared her condition untreatable and refused her all but palliative care . Canada's, the UK's and Sweden's systems (and the system obama wants to forcibly impose), would not have spent a dime on what turns out have worked. In Sweden and Canada, they would have refused to let even private money purchase an experimental treatment, since it would have taken resources away from the public.

  • @jkirk1626

    according to the world health organization, swedish, canadian an UK health care system is better than the american. france is cosnidered to have the best health care system in the world and guess what! france, unlike america, has the universal health care system that´s available to everyone, and not just to those who can pay for it.

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  • there is some place in india ,jammu&kashimir , akhnoor where there is free check up of rabis naturally by the help of god if some one having any problem come to india sa fast as possible if medicine is not working

  • god bless you Jeanna.:)

  • jeanne do you have an email address i can send a message to?

  • @alphafirstoneyou Just send her the message here on YouTube, you bonehead.

  • @musicmaster0 after diagnosing her, the symptoms already there and its already too late. applying vaccine would no longer help her.

  • Hi Jeanna, My Dog just got into a fight with a raccoon and he had not had a rabies shot in 4 years. The health department quarantined our dog for 6 months and recommended that all 5 of us that were around the dog get the vaccination. What do you think about this? I'm against vaccinations. Thanks for sharing, I'm really wondering what to do!

  • @hugsyor1 Getting vaccinated is, in my opinion, the better option than death.

    Your dog should have been vaccinated, and if you have had any contact with your dog's saliva than you should be too.

    This is what most people who deal with rabies would tell you.

  • HI.....GEANNA IM GLAD UR DOING OK IM 23 YEARS OLD N I HAVE 5 KIDS THEY ALL UNDER 5 YEARS OLD WE LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY IN CLINTONVILLE ,WI WE BEEN LIVEING HER FOR A YEAR NOW WE OWN OUR HOUSE ONE NIGHT I GOT UP LIKE AT 3 AM AND IT WAS A BAT FLYING IN OUR HEADS I SHAKE MY HUSBAND TO GET UP N KILL IT SO HE DID N KILL IT THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING ANOTHER BAT SO FAR WE HAVE KILL 6 BATS N THEY DONT TRY TO BIT US OR NOTHING MY QUESTION TO U IS HOW COME THIS BAT BIT YOU ?????

  • @zooger42069 The bat was scared and trying to defend itself

  • Hey J.A.G., I, like so many all across the world, was inspired by your story. I'm a pharmacy student and I chose to do my 3rd year presentation on the Milwaukee Protocol as it was used to treat you and several others that developed symptoms as a result of the rabies virus. I was wondering, in your opinion, which is more important, the therapeutic coma or a healthy immune system? Thanks for the help!

  • @TeamMOE1 I personally think a healthy immune system. Without that, the coma would have been a waste of time. However, without the coma, the immune system couldn't have worked.

  • Well the rabies didn't hurt her looks any, she is good looking. Subscribed.

  • Has rabies changed your physical abilities for example endurance, strength, speech?

  • @MrRobloMan Yes, I have some neurological side-effects.

  • Can you ever get it again

  • @Globalmodderzv2 I think that just depends on the person's immune system, some people who get the shot still have antibodies 10 years later and some lose them after a year.

  • You're awesome.

  • l was wondering how the doctors saved you? Were you put in a chemical coma?

  • @Linuxrat I was put into a coma in order to allow my immune system to fight off the disease

  • From the video, it appears you suffered neurological damage from the virus. Have your doctors given you any insight into a possible full recovery? I was exposed to a suspected rabid bat myself several years ago, but took the shots, so all is well. Hope you continue to recover, you have many years of your life ahead of you.

  • @papawx3 Honestly, the doctors don't know because this hasn't happened before. But as much as I would love a *full* recovery, I'm fine with where I'm at.

  • You're a beautiful girl i'm glad you're still with us to share this remarkable story god bless you and you're loved ones and stay the hell away from bats!

  • what were your first symptoms

  • Hey, I read about Milwaukee Protocol and you a while ago. That was amazing. Now I find you here. Nice to meet you then. I'm glad you are still alive.

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  • Very brave of you to get on here and tell us your story. Thank you!

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  • me nd my freinds r doind our science project on rabies can u tell us anything about it?

  • me nd my freind r doind our science project on rabies anything u can tell us about it?

  • Just to clarify is it POSSIBLE to get rabies again, question was not meant with any insult, thank you.

  • Jeanna, can you get rabies again? Or are you immune to it now?

  • i dont have any general questions.. just wanted to say i appreciate you answering everyone else's questions : )

  • did you suffer from hydrophobic spasms(intense pain on swallowing, making it difficult or impossible to drink) while being infected? i have noticed in the 4 other rabies survivor cases i noticed hydrophobic spasms where absent.

  • @chris5701 I am not sure. I don't really remember any spasms, but I may have once I got worse. I can't answer it though

  • @JeannaGieseRabies01 Congratulations for pulling through!

  • Hi well i have a question how`d you get rabies? From what?

  • @naenaeshae I was bitten by a bat

  • In humans Rabies are not the same as animals are we don't try to bite people, so what is it a human does while having rabies?

  • @taylorswiftmusicfan5 some children suffering from rabies do bite, symptoms are usually headache, pain or numbness at the bite site, agression or intense fear, itching, spasms of throat muscles on drinking(60% of victims), double vision(terminal stage), crying,drooling, gagging, halucinations and paralysis. the patient normally dies 2-17 days after symptoms start only a handful of cases had recovery from rabies out of thousands of cases, luckily it is an extremely rare virus in humans

  • I was once scratched (then licked) by a stray cat that I was trying to rescue. The cat got away, and I couldn't find the owner. After seeing the documentary that you were a part of, I decided to go to the ER to see what they thought I should do. They recommended vaccinations to start immediately. Cat probably didn't have rabies, but I knew after watching the video that I wasn't going to take any chances. It was a very educational documentary :)

  • Rabies was once known (and still is known) as hydrophobia (fear of water). Did you experience this at all, during your illness? If so, what was the fear like? Were you actually afraid of water, itself? And...what was it like, during your illness in general? Were you able to speak, at all? Were you fully aware of what was going on, and what illness you had?

  • @ericallen1000 Rabies is not know as hydrophobia. One of it's symptoms is hydrophobia.

    I did not have it. I could not speak for a month. I was told right away why I was in the hospital.

  • @ericallen1000 Hydrophobia in this case is actually the fear of swallowing water because of painful pharyngeal spasm not a psychiatric-type fear of the wet stuff.

  • Are you therefore immune to rabies, now? Can you (medically speaking) not become infected, again?

  • @ericallen1000 Not sure

  • @ericallen1000

    I think booster shots are required to maintain immunity to rabies.

  • Jeanna: Thanks for your reply. I asked my first question because sometimes people who are exposed to rabies didn't even know they'd been exposed, until it's too late. After you were bitten...what did you do, next? Did you tell anyone, and/or seek any sort of medical treatment?

  • @ericallen1000 I did not seek medical treatment, which is why I went through what I did

  • Jeanna: Do you actually remember being bitten by the bat (or just having any contact with it)? And...about how soon after this incident did you start displaying symptoms of rabies?

  • @ericallen1000 I remember the entire day, it's not like it happened in my sleep. I remember before, picking it up, it biting, and after.

    About 3 weeks

  • What is the effective time threshold from being infected to receiving the treatment...?

  • @chimandude I'm not quite sure what you are asking. From being bit to showing symptoms, it varies. From showing symptoms to death, not long. From being bitten to needing the vaccinations, a day.

  • I watched the documentary quite recently. I have one small kitten as I am an animal lover myself. My kitten's on my youtube so if you'd like to see her you can :) Here in Scotland bats are rarely seen because they're protected over here

  • I really would like to meet you.

  • Jeanna I saw your documentary and You are an incredible person. You've gone through some much and by the looks of it you have done an amazing job. I will make sure to spread your video around, and will be contacting you on Facebook Thank you! =)