Letter to Editor,
The Washington Post
Dear Editor,
While visiting Siem Reap, Cambodia, in April, I walked past a house and a small, fluffy white dog ran out and bit me on the calf. Although my husband said the bite did not appear to have penetrated my pants, the owner of our bed-and-breakfast strongly urged me to go to the international hospital. There, doctors determined the bite had indeed broken my skin and advised starting a series of shots immediately, as most pet dogs in Cambodia are not vaccinated against rabies.
Traveling made this process interesting.
I had my first vaccine injection in Cambodia. The next day, I had an immune globulin injection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, because the Cambodian hospital had run out. Two days later, I was in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands asking for the second and third vaccine shots.
I got the fourth shot in Trondheim, Norway. And I got the final shot in Charlottesville at the local health department. They had to make sure that the shot I received here was the best match with what I had received in Asia and Europe.
Jean Lightner Norum
The Washington Post
Dear Editor,
While visiting Siem Reap, Cambodia, in April, I walked past a house and a small, fluffy white dog ran out and bit me on the calf. Although my husband said the bite did not appear to have penetrated my pants, the owner of our bed-and-breakfast strongly urged me to go to the international hospital. There, doctors determined the bite had indeed broken my skin and advised starting a series of shots immediately, as most pet dogs in Cambodia are not vaccinated against rabies.
Traveling made this process interesting.
I had my first vaccine injection in Cambodia. The next day, I had an immune globulin injection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, because the Cambodian hospital had run out. Two days later, I was in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands asking for the second and third vaccine shots.
I got the fourth shot in Trondheim, Norway. And I got the final shot in Charlottesville at the local health department. They had to make sure that the shot I received here was the best match with what I had received in Asia and Europe.
Jean Lightner Norum
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