Yesterday, I was researching the website of the mission
where I will be going and found a journal from a lady who went in the same trip
in January. It was very informative and
exciting! I know there was plenty that
she left out, but I am getting excited instead of uneasy. So, that is a good sign!
Today I must fill out the Brazilian Visa form and get it
ready to Fed Ex to the document processing company that will expedite my
visa. Apparently, it is not so easy to
get a Brazilian visa quickly without one, so I will bite the bullet and pay the
fee.
Next on my list will be the immunizations. There is a Patient First in my area that
stocks shots for international travelers, so I will go there and get them all
knocked out at one time. Then I will
have to go to my PCP to get the malaria pills and a prescription for
cipro. Why go to two different
places? Well, my PCP doesn’t stock
yellow fever or typhoid so I would have to go to a specialty pharmacy with a prescription,
get them filled, and then take them back to my PCP for administration. AND my insurance company covers them only
under medical – not prescription. So, I
will be jumping through some hoops, but I would rather do that than play ring
around the rosy!
The interesting thing is that it seems each day for the
past week, someone from my job has asked me about “going into the jungle on a
boat” and “Am I crazy?”! I can’t tell if
it is making me excited or making me more nervous about the whole thing. Everyone always asks about the anacondas,
spiders and mosquitoes the size of monkeys.
It is very interesting to hear all these different perspectives about a
country that none of us have been to!
24 days…..
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