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So. What was behind that access panel? Whatever could it be? BAT NUMBER SEVEN. Three bats in our place, plus three bats in the attic, plus this one. Lucky number 7. One for each day of the week. Eli and I retreated to the bathroom to await the all-clear, which came about 15 seconds later. ... Read More about Once in a Blue Moon: Part 4

So, where were we? Ah, yes. Bat number three had just been removed from our residence. Because animal control is closed on the weekend, we wouldn't get rabies test results until Monday to know if my sister needed to get the rabies post-exposure prophylaxis too. I called our condo office (or, ... Read More about Once in a Blue Moon: Part 3

Wednesday afternoon the Montgomery County Health Department called to tell me that the bat I caught tested positive for rabies (the second was negative). They thought our risk was negligible but suggested we talk to our primary care doctor. On Thursday our doctor talked to pediatric and adult ... Read More about Once in a Blue Moon: Part 2

At one point during the past week Ryan actually said the following sentence out loud in complete seriousness: I know the police report from the accident is in this big pile of papers but there's just so much paperwork from all the rabies stuff! See, last Tuesday evening my sister Brynna flew ... Read More about Once in a Blue Moon: Part 1