Thanks to Mr. Pasteur, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, and for a time even Hep. A will bounce off our armored immune systems like bullets bouncing off of Ralph Hinkley (bonus points if anyone gets that reference without having to clink the link). The Upstate Infectious Disease Clinic injected us with several strands of live disease to prove the old axiom "What ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Right now, our bodies are busy fighting off the infection and in a couple of days, our immune systems will be fully prepared to fight off the disease should we encounter it in Africa. And, I got a bonus Tetanus shot too (jealous?).
Malaria is a different matter. No shots for that, we just have to remember to take pills. Luckily, it's not as bad we thought. Nairobi is rather high so there's no Malaria problem in Nairobi itself. We'll only have to take our Malaria meds the day before we go on safari, while we're on safari (hopefully we'll all be able to help each other remember), and for one week after we get back.
The shots themselves weren't bad, but I know I'm going to feel that Tetanus shot in the morning.
Malaria is a different matter. No shots for that, we just have to remember to take pills. Luckily, it's not as bad we thought. Nairobi is rather high so there's no Malaria problem in Nairobi itself. We'll only have to take our Malaria meds the day before we go on safari, while we're on safari (hopefully we'll all be able to help each other remember), and for one week after we get back.
The shots themselves weren't bad, but I know I'm going to feel that Tetanus shot in the morning.
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