The storm might have ruined my life
On sunday night it started raining and my window was open, I usually leave it like that because breeze wasn’t that bad. (I live at an apartment on the 8th floor) So I was chilling on my phone in my bed when i felt something on my waist, i looked and i see what i never imagined i would see. A BAT. I jumped so fast and ran away, this all happened in less than 10 seconds, I don’t remember making contact with the bat, it just touched my shirt and the moment i jumped it fell on my bed. (it was a small bat) I took a 10 min shower and my cousin who is a doctor told me to go to emergencies. I am an international student with an insurance that doesn’t cover anything and i have $30 on my bank account so you can imagine how scary for me is to know i have to go to the ER. So I went, and they told me that the rabies vaccine is $21,000. I can’t afford it, my family in mexico doesn’t have that money, I can’t get a job because i’m an international student, so I really am in a situation of choosing to risk my life or …. nothing. there’s no other option. I obviously didn’t get the vaccine and now I can’t sleep because I can’t stop thinking what is going to happen to me. They said the risk is low but still, the risk is there. I can’t go to mexico to get the vaccine because -you know how things are- so yeah, i’m writing this at 5:20 am desperate just wanting to rant how i’m feeling in this moment. I hope nothing happens to me. It is extremely sad sitting on the emergency room thinking if a funeral is more expensive than a vaccine.
UPDATE: I just got home from the hospital, I got the vaccine, and i will be getting the other 3 too. Thank you all for your tips and for giving me information that I wasn’t aware that I should know, it really helped me a lot! Thank you!