So, I was bit by a dog. A stray dog. A stray, Indian dog. Good recipe for no fun.On my way to breakfast (I found a place which has chocolate waffles) some dogs began fighting/fornicating in the street (they seem to go hand in hand) and a shop keeper started tossing rocks at them to get them to move away from his store, and one of them ended up coming up to me, and one way or the other, my right foot ended up in his mouth. The bite broke the skin, but didn't cause any major damage, but the risk of rabies is high and the chances of ever tracking down the dog to get it tested are low, so I rushed to a nice Catholic hospital on the hill and got my first of six rabies shots to come. As some might know, I don't d o well with shots, so afterwards I spent some time laying down in the parking lot so I didn't pass out, much to the amusement of the old women who were sitting outside the hospital. It cost only a $1.25 to get my shot and only took ten minutes to get in and out - cheaper and more efficient health care than we would find back home...
Anyhow, I am now limping a bit, trying to keep the wound from getting infected, and am a bit groggy from the shot. But I am alive. And I am yet to have had the desire to bite others. Phew.
The waffles didn't turn out to be worth it.
7 comments:
Dreamy leamy! I miss you dear.
I've been talking about you to Kristen Schnibbe and Jonathan Chen. Whoa.
alright.
You always were a cat person.
Ouch! Poor you. The rabies shots probably hurt more than the bite (I remember the preventative ones as unpleasant, anyway). Hope it's feeling better. Hugs x
Ouch! I hope you're okay. On the plus side, if you ever get mad at someone now, you can bite them with impunity, and just blame it on the ol' rabies.
Dude! I am SO sorry!
When the hell do you leave for France?
Have you started biting people yet?
Ah N, making friends with all creatures all over the world.
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