Our whirwind trip to San Jose

A couple of weeks ago, my mom and I went to San Jose on the commuter plane. I had to go and have my blood drawn to test and see if my liver and blood levels were doing okay with my new medicine. What we thought would be an easy day! We set out at 8am to catch the 9:30 flight. All went well flying into San Jose! We were the first off the plane. We had to pass through immigration first. I do not have  a Costa Rican passport yet so we were using my birth certificate!  We were only on a 30 mintue flight! Well,,, the immigration officer thought with my curly blonde hair that I had to be illegal…So we had to wait for everyone else to go through customs then he took my birth certificate off to his boss! After 30 mintues of waiting we were told all was good! Now my mom was really stressed as I had to have my blood drawn and see my PT! We  as well had to catch our flight back at 1:30pm! Off we went to the lab only to be told by the girl who would be taking my blood she did not feel comfortable doing it! She called in their kid specialist and when he showed up he stuck the needle in my arm and could not find my vein! I was not happy about this at all! So my mom kindly but in a stern voice said to take the needle out! We were off to another lab. The next lady had loads of experience and was able to draw my blood without any problems. I did not mind it so bad as she was fast and it did not take too long. Thank goodness my mom and PT are friends as she was kind enough to drive us to the other lab and while we were waiting was able to squeeze in 15 minutes of a mini workout with me! By the time we were finished it was 1:00 pm and we were in downtown and had to drive back to the airport. My mom called the lady at the airport and she told us she would not be able to hold the plane if we were late. So Linda drove us really fast to the airport. We were late, but the nice lady at the airport had talked to the pilots and they remembered us from the morning and said sure they would wait for me! That was so sweet! So back home we went thru much turbulence as it is the rainy season now and weather here starts to change in the afternoon. My mom was sure glad to get us back home! So another crazy adventure for me! I am becoming quite the traveler and will soon be headed off to Texas and Canada for my party and to visit my family! I cant wait!  My test results came back fine and my body is adjusting well to the new medication! Yeah!

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