Killed a few rabbits on JAN.22 (Sat) skinned and field dressed with gloves on in woods. Got home and was rinsing and quartering up, when I cut myself on my right thumb on a jagged part of the backbone. I was not thrilled, because when I was a kid my neighbor contacted "rabbit fever" and almost died. Thursday I started getting flu like symptoms and it was getting worse. Called the DR. and told them my symptoms and that I had cut myself cleaning a rabbit. They told me to come in immediately , I was so sick they offered me a wheelchair . I ended up in the ER. they took my blood. I threw up for 10-12 hours straight. Dr. put me on antibiotics for two weeks. I missed 7 days of work. the blood came back neg. for Rabbit fever . I started feeling better and went back to work, but felt very fatigued. 2 weeks later sick again, different dr.,different kind of blood test. He calls me Friday and tells me I am POSSITIVE for Tularemia. Please be careful when handling any wild animal. Anyone with a similar story ? Thanks Craig
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