Shot in the arm!

Sara and I continue to prepare for our trip to COTP in Haiti.
We spent an hour at the Arcadia Family Travel Clinic this afternoon as we had decided to get the Typhoid immunization this trip.
We got our updated tetanus back in 2010 along with the Hep A-county health clinic was running a free "sale" on that one so we thought what the heck, might as well, the price is right.
We talked about getting the Hep B series but it's now too close to our travel date so we couldn't get it all done before we leave. Aaaw, I am sooo disappointed! Can hardly hold my arm up now with the one shot, can't imagine how some do it when they get eight shots at the same time! Really, the nurse practitioner told us some actually do that!
Bought some more stuff at Wal-Mart including antibiotics for whatever might ail ya! Have you ever talked to a medical professional about all the things out there that want to make us their lunch, breeding ground and/or nursery for their young?! First, it's totally gross and second, it's totally scary! Sure glad none of that stuff lives in Haiti...wonder why the map on the computer shows Haiti in the red zone...red's good, right?!
Oh well, when one stops to think about what it was like to do something like this in the past, and not that many years ago, when there weren't drugs available to help insure a safe and healthy time; when there was no cell service, that instant link to almost anywhere in the world; wasn't an airplane just a few minutes away to whisk one off to the luxury, comfort and safety that we enjoy to the point of taking for granted, a sore arm is a miniscule price to pay. Hardly worth (perhaps NOT worth) mentioning. Oh well, too late. I already mentioned it and I'm not going back to change or delete it. Hah, so there!  ;-)
Anyway, we continue to add stuff to the pile and will travel to our nearby Goodwill store (hopefully on 50% off Saturday) to find some cheap luggage to supplement what we already have in order to get all this stuff there. That's always a bit of a hassle but worth it as a lot of it is stuff for COTP and the kids and not so much our own stuff, although  there's plenty of that too! (Wow, there's a lot of stuffs in those sentences!)
Enough 'stuff' for now.
Thanks for taking the time to share our stu...uh...experience. You're the best (not 'cause you're reading our blog but because...well, you're the best!)
Later gater!
J