At St. Luke’s Intensive Care Unit, the woman continued suffering seizures while unconscious. She never woke up and died a few days later, according to Wind Lake Fire Co. President Willy Ellertson.

Fearing they may have been exposed to rabies, which is almost always fatal if it goes untreated, Ellertson said that the six EMTs were told by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office that they should get “prophylactic rabies” treatments, which usually involve four doses of a vaccine delivered over the course of two to three weeks.

None of the EMTs developed rabies after receiving the vaccine, but their combined medical bill amounted to about $80,000, according to the Wind Lake Fire Co.

Samples of the deceased woman’s organs and tissues were sent by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to be tested, but they were lost in transit and took three weeks to arrive, Ellertson said, at which point all tests were deemed inconclusive.

The CDC did not respond to a request for comment on this story, and the Central Racine County Health Department, whose jurisdiction includes the Town Of Norway, said it wouldn’t be able to release records of the incident until the end of December, if not later.