- Dr Krista Edelman, a gastroenterologist from Richmond, Virginia, woke up to discover a live bat inside her mouth while sleeping next to her husband.
- She initially dreamt that a small mouse was entering her mouth before reaching up and grabbing the bat by its folded wings.
- The couple managed to capture the mammal so that animal control officers could submit it for rabies testing.
- Dr Edelman received initial preventive rabies vaccines and immunoglobulin treatment as a precaution.
- The medical treatments were halted after laboratory tests confirmed the bat was negative for rabies.
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