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As Tammy Hedge deals with the aftermath of being attacked in her own backyard by a rabid cat, sheâs grateful it happened to her and not a more vulnerable resident of her Fredericksburg neighborhood.
âThere are a lot of young children and a lot of elderly people who could really, really have issues with something like this,â she said. âAt least I have the resources, the insurance, I have the big mouth and the connections to make a fuss about it.â
Hedge hadnât planned to become a ârabies ambassador,â but said she was forced into the role after she was bitten by a feral cat that had been hanging around her home since winter. She lives near Paulâs Bakery in the Hillcrest area, on Longstreet Avenue off Lafayette Boulevard.
As Tammy Hedge deals with the aftermath of being attacked in her own backyard by a rabid cat, sheâs grateful it happened to her and not a more vulnerable resident of her Fredericksburg neighborhood.
âThere are a lot of young children and a lot of elderly people who could really, really have issues with something like this,â she said. âAt least I have the resources, the insurance, I have the big mouth and the connections to make a fuss about it.â
Hedge hadnât planned to become a ârabies ambassador,â but said she was forced into the role after she was bitten by a feral cat that had been hanging around her home since winter. She lives near Paulâs Bakery in the Hillcrest area, on Longstreet Avenue off Lafayette Boulevard.
âYou have to go to them and she cannot leave the house,â said Timperley.
Timperleyâs quest ended last week, when she received a phone call from a Stafford County official who asked if her mother would like to receive the vaccination without leaving her home.
âOut of the blue, the phone call came through and I said, absolutely yes,â Timperley said.
So last week, Foerch became one of 10 homebound county residents to receive a COVID-19 vaccination through a community effort to bring the vaccine directly to those who need it but canât get out.
A 104-year-old southern Stafford woman received the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday at her home under a new community effort to bring the vaccine directly to homebound residents.