A long post about shots

Today was the big visit to the travel clinic to get typhoid vaccines for the four going to Guatamala. I wish our PCP would just order them because it would be cheaper. Then finding somewhere that had four doses proved to be a bit challenging as well. (And can I just comment on the number of people I talked to on the phone who had no idea what typhoid was?) Anyway, I found four doses and it didn't require going downtown. 

It did require taking the tollway, though. Which turned into a chicken and fox on the raft to cross the river problem. Our van is on its very last leg and no one wants to take it on the tollway. Usually J. and I just switch vehicles when this happens, but I had four children who needed shots which meant no one was available to watch H. and R. J.'s car only holds five people which meant that not everyone would fit. Enter my very good friend who agreed to take H. and R. for part of the day. 

In the end, four children got their shots. It turned out to be a pleasant experience. The nurse who was seeing us did a great job of talking directly to the four of them about the various medicines and food safety. But yikes! I knew it was going to be expensive, but it's still not pleasant to see such a big total number. And that doesn't even include the malaria meds that will arrive at the pharmacy in a few days. 

Everyone generally agreed that H. and R. had the better deal. A trip to a small local zoo with a friend and lunch at a restaurant afterwards.