It's basically impossible to die of rabies. It has a 2 much development time and it's extremely noticeable. At any point you can be vaccinated and stop the process. If you do not get vaccinated and allow it to develop anyway it will become incurable and fatal.
But I doubt you have rabies.
I'm not sure if they still do this, however they used to crack open your animals head so they they could inspect the brain for rabies.