OUCH!!

One of the many things on my "to do" checklist to prepare for our trip was to get our immunization shots for travel to China. We knew there would be quite a few shots that we each would need so a family outing to the doctor's office seemed to be the best way to get this done! Hepatitus A and B (very serious diseases that affect the liver) are still prevalent in China so shots to prevent those diseases went in the right arm first. Typhoid (contracted from contaminated food and water) was the next vaccine.....into the left arm (as this arm would end up being sore!). We made sure James baseball throwing arm was not affected in this process!! The next disease we needed to worry about was Malaria which we will actually take pills to deter from contracting. We will take 1 pill a week for 6 weeks (before, during and after the trip). The biggest OUCH was the price tag that came with all these immunizations....over $1,000....but obviously staying healthy is worth it!