Family issue warning after mother’s rabies symptoms stayed hidden for months

Family issue warning after mother's rabies symptoms stayed hidden for months ITV

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00:00Just check the recommendations from the government.

00:03I mean, Morocco was only recommended for rabies.

00:05It's not a... You have to do it.

00:08Yeah. Right.

00:09It's more of just check.

00:12We don't want the people to go through what we've gone through.

00:15Seeing your mum deteriorating seven days like that,

00:19we don't want anybody to see that ever again.

00:22So if we can just get the awareness out, just check, check, check,

00:25contact your doctor, get the injections,

00:28that's all we want, awareness, awareness, awareness.

00:3130 years ago, it was on every telly.

00:33I remember it, yeah.

00:34Yes, you're so right.

00:35So our generation are aware of it.

00:38My children aren't aware of it,

00:39and their children will not be aware of it,

00:41so we're just trying to re-bring out all the information.

00:44Since we've put it out on Facebook to raise awareness,

00:47we have had people messages saying that they've been abroad,

00:50they've had scratches from cats and dogs,

00:53and they've then gone to get the vaccine.

00:54So I feel like we are doing something,

00:56we're making a little bit of a change,

00:57and then if we can do that for one family,

00:59then we've made a difference.