G'day, people. Don't forget, all of you who anticipate the end of the school year, that it means the little darlings will be home and underfoot now, for the next few months.
Rabbit, use these coming half days to prepare yourself for the summer trials.
Sharon/WO, I hope difficult child can be more careful with his new phone this time.
Sharon/LDM, movie days with the kids sound a great way to hide from the summer heat.
We've had a full day today, but not a rushed one. Radiation treatment first, of course, then in to the school. difficult child 3 had some face-to-face lessons with his computing studies teacher and got a whopping ten weeks' work dealt with. in three hours! He's got assessment tasks to do this week (three of them!) and I can't help at all with those, although I prefer to be home when he's doing them so I can help keep him on task.
While I was with difficult child 3 at school, husband dropped in at his work to get some deskwork done, and also to see the doctor about his being bitten last night by a fruit bat. It turns out that he has to have rabies shots (our bats possibly carry Lyssavirus, it's related to rabies and potentially nasty, although so far there have been no cases of bat to human transmission). Bat bites are notifiable here, Dept of Health also want to track the bat, which is now in the hands of the wildlife rescue people (WIRES). Trouble is, the WIRES bat lady told mother in law in greatdetail of the health risks husband is facing, made a huge thing out of it and mother in law is a huge worrier; she's been in a major panic all day and was in tears when we dropped in tonight. Angry with us for not telling her about the bite last night. We didn't want her worried, especially since the bat was still in her tree.
She told us the WIRES lady turned up, found the bat too high up the tree and called - the FIRE BRIGADE! They said they've never had to get a bat out of a tree before. Frankly, I think it's too much trouble to go to, for an animal that's probably not injured anyway and is not endangered in the slightest (they're almost nuisance proportions at the moment).
husband's doctor just happens to be doing research into bat-borne diseases and so is the best person to oversee the treatment. They have ordered the vaccine and the shots begin tomorrow. First the wound gets infiltrated, then the rest of the shot goes in husband's arm on the opposite side. he's having it done while I'm having my heart stress test. Then husband is back for his next shot in the arm on Friday, then Wednesday next week, then a week later, than a fortnight after that. He'll be back at work by then.
husband did all the right things last night, it turned out, including using leather gauntlets to handle the bat. Just a pity it bit right through. Then husband flooded the wound (the edge of his thumb, it bled freely) with disinfectant.
Oh, well... it will be the talk of the town, mother in law having the fire brigade called to get a bat out of a tree.
It only seems a few years ago (would be about 20 years, though) that we were handling bats with no concern for viruses. Lyssavirus is a new concern.
Enjoy your Tuesday, everyone. Ours has been eventful!
Marg