there is no turning back.

That's right folks! There is no turning back now! Today I met my mom in KC and we visited the doctors to make sure that I am all ready to go and they shot me up with a bunch of immunizations (HepA, Typhoid, Polio, and Tetanus Booster). After receiving shots at one doctor, we visited another doctor to receive a prescription for malaria pills. My doctor first tried to prescribe me  doxycycline and as he was reading off the side effects he mentioned that this certain malaria medicine makes you super sensitive to the sun and getting sun burns. Upon hearing this I looked at my doctor and reminded him where I was going and how it was going to be above 100 degrees everyday. Needless to say he got the point and decided to change the prescription to mefloquine which has great side effects such as hallucinating, crazy dreams, and other fun things of that sort. (I am sure there will be stories to follow this one).

The trip is slowly becoming a reality as I keep making these huge steps to being ready to go on the trip. This Wednesday is the one month marker until we leave. So much to do and so little time especially with still being in school and not having opportunities to be home collecting things that I will need for the trip. But this is all just a part of the adventure! God will provide me with what I need before we leave, just gotta be patient and go with the flow!

Before I end this post I thought I would share with you my experience when receiving my shots today:
No one likes to receives shots, and neither do I. I normally do a great job of sucking it up and getting the shots while only expressing a few ridiculous facial expressions of pain and discomfort. But today was a different story.
The nurse began by preping me and telling me that I will be recieving two shots in each arm. As she begans to prepare me for my frist shot she instructs:
Nurse: " Now, when I tell you to, wiggle your toes and focus on wiggling only your toes and you wont even feel the shot." (at this point I am feeling like I am five years old).

So the nurse proceeds to give me my first two shots in my left arm and they went completely fine. (My mom was very proud of me up until this point). Now the nurse instructs that I am about to receive my HepA shot and this shot is going to feel a lot different than the two that I just received. She explained that upon giving me the shot my arm was going to feel really heavy, like a brick. And that this is just a side affect of the amount of liquid that they have to inject. At this point I look over at my mom and to my surprise her head is turned and her eyes are closed.

Me: "Wow, it looks like my mom is going to pass out before I do."
Nurse: "Do you normally pass out when you receive shots?"
Me: "Oh no.I have never passed out getting a shot before. No worries."

So the nurse proceeds to tell me to start wiggling my toes and get ready for the HepA shot. The nurse gives me the shot and I immediately feel the brick in my arm. Less than five second after receiving the shot I realize that I am feeling incredibly dizzy. In my defense I attempted to tell my mom and the nurse that I was feeling dizzy, but unfortunately, I passed out before that could happen. HA!

30 seconds later I come to it, laying on the floor, and I am more confused than ever. I dont remember where I am at first. All I could hear were people saying my name and telling me to "drink this". It takes me a while to come back to it and remember where I was and what I was doing, and when this happens I bust out laughing. My mom informs me (as if I didnt already know) that I passed out upon recieving my Hep A shot. I looked at the nurse who was a little confused as to why I was laughing and I said

Me: "Isn't it funny how right before you gave me my shot I informed you that I never pass out when getting shots?"

Needless to say we all busted out laughing and the nurse decided I should receive my last shot while laying on the ground in case I decide to pass out again.

Here's to growing in humility and now having to put on my medical records that I pass out upon receiving shots. HA!