Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Chew - The Last Chapter

Chapter 3:  …David became monkey chew!!!!!  The monkey jumped on him and bit him on the forearm.  It was quite a deep gash, about an inch long.  Several of the workers who were nearby, including a monk, rummaged through their first aid kit to find items to clean out the wound.  They all said we should go to the hospital.  David wasn’t really keen on the idea.  I figured that if the people who worked around these monkeys thought it was a good idea, we’d better go.  What was crossing my mind was, “I think we probably should have had those rabies shots before we came.”  Khun Wow drove us to the hospital.  When we walked in, the greeters asked what happened.  David showed them the monkey bite and was immediately ushered to the emergency room – “Infection Area.”  The staff was lovely.  Long story a little shorter:  It was a nasty bite, David had to start the rabies shot series, he also required a tetanus shot, he had to start 7 days of antibiotics and he needs to return to the hospital each day to have his wound cleansed.

Moral of the story:  Don’t get too close to the monkeys!  (but you can play with the tame and playful monkey, Mong, on the left side of this blog!)