Yellow Fever Vaccine Adventure

I went to get my Yellow Fever (Fiebre Amarillo in Spanish) vaccine today. I decided to avoid the public hospital near me that appears to be fairly chaotic and overcrowded and opted to go to the International Vaccination Center in San Isidro. Since Ane Kine and I were already in Miraflores today to buy bus tickets, we decided to go to the clinic before we had to be back at the university for our next class. It was good that it was a split second decision because I did not have as much time to get scared and nervous, and I had someone with me (thanks Ane Kine!). The clinic was definitely not crowded or chaotic.... but the facilities left something to be desired. It was two cramped rooms and a waiting room that doubled as a storage/trash area. From the outside it looked pretty bad. However, the actual examination room was clean if sparse and the women on the staff were very nice. The nurse could see I was very scared and so she called all the women working in the clinic in to the room to try and distract me. They tried to ask me questions like "Where are you going on your trip?", "Are you and her (talking about Ane Kine) cousins?"and "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Why not?". I think I was the highlight of their day. Anyway it was over pretty fast and we left, me apologizing and thanking them the whole way out.

Now I officially have my International Vaccine Booklet and it has a stamp saying I got the Yellow Fever Vaccine. Look how official it is...they even managed to spell my name correctly!!: