We go to the front counter, check in, and wait for 45 minutes to be called back!!!! Matthew starts first, without even a flinch or a facial expression he takes two shots per arm. That was easy. My turn comes and the nurse asks are you right or left handed, I say I'm a lefty. Supposedly certain shots effect your muscles differently (Now both hurt equally). I take the first two shots in my right arm, OMG, they hurt! three years back we took shots to go to Egypt, KSA and Jordan but I don't remember them hurting that much. Then the nurse proceeds to my left arm, the first one goes as expected, except for the last one, TETANUS, it goes into your muscle like a 5000° burning metal rod. It burned so much it felt like my eyes were on fire.
Shots were DONE, Between out last trip to the Middle East and this trip to South America we have a wonderful cocktail of vaccines in our bodies. (Tetanus/ Diphtheria, Tetanus/ Adacel, Hep A(1), Hep A(2) Hep B(1), Meningococcal, Yellow Fever, and Typhoid) with all these you would think we are going to Mars.
We proceed to the pharmacy to pick up our meds ($100 worth) of Acetazolamide (altitude sickness), ciprofloxacin (severe diarrhea) and Doxycycline (Malaria exposure).
The after effect of it all is I'm laying in bed, with a cold, not able to lift or move my arms, and having a whole house to pack!
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