Vaccinations Complete

                                             The three of us and Szuhuna after our shots

This past week we received our immunizations for Africa. Let us tell you, there were a lot of needles that were put in our arms that day and even some bruising the following day! Being former UNL students, we were fortunate to have the student health center readily available to us. It was there that we met Szuhuna, the Immunization & Travel Clinic nurse for the Health Center.  She met with us, spoke about the health dangers associated with Jinja, Uganda and then gave us several shots and medications. She was incredible. She not only made the process informative, but also fun and entertaining. She joked with us and made getting the grand total of 13 shots and 6 prescription  medications (between the three of us) much more enjoyable. The shots we received were: Hepatitis A, Polio, Tetanus-Diphtheria- Pertissos booster, Yellow Fever, and Influenza. The prescription medications we received were the Typhoid vaccination and Malaria medication that we will have to take daily while we are on our trip and for a month after.

We leave in 51 days and we could not be more excited. With our vaccinations complete, we are now one step closer to traveling to make a difference in Jinja, Uganda!

All the best,

Kaitlyn, Layne and Thomas

* For more pictures from our vaccination day please visit our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Uganda-Mission-Trip-July-2012/421895087835581