Tetanus

  Today was the day my form finally got the tetanus shot. Before I tell you about the pain and stuff I must rewind back a few weeks. 

  We are all at school like normal. Everything is normal except that somehow it came to our attention that the Ministry of Health was giving tetanus shots to all form 3 students. Everyone panicked, I mean everyone. Even I felt a bit frightened about the whole idea. I have not received a injection in so long. The next day if I  am not mistaken our class teacher gave out forms for us to sign regarding the shot. We all thought it was the end.

  As the days passed by, people who already took the shot from before told everyone about how painful it would be. That was not good for the rest of us. (ADEESAKH!!!) Almost every time someone came in to make an announcement in our class I would say "tetanus, tetanus" and all my friends would looks at me and I was like okay....... (my left hand is still sore from the shot)

  The next week we started to cool down. We rarely talked about the shot. Then came today. We just finished BM class. Our next subject was Agama. Our teacher did not enter the past two classes for that subject so we were all hopping she would not for the third time. Suddenly a very AWESOME Shibel shouted out to everyone that the tetanus shot was today and in a couple of minutes.  The class went wild. 

  I went to Shibel just to see a teacher right next to her. The teacher told us that we would have to go down to the Hall to receive our shot around 9. At that time it was 8:57. Just Great! Our Agama teacher came in. Me and Azeem went down to the hall to check if we had to do the shot. We did, but we had an hour or so. We both went back to class where Azeem made up a fake story that the van that was full of nurses that would bring us torture crashed. A few peopled believed it. Some did not. He told the truth eventually.

  During Agama class I kept on looking out at the corridor waiting for someone to call us downstairs. It was not that I wanted to do it, just that I wanted it to be over. This form 4 or 5 boy finally called us down. Once downstairs we sat for at least 20 minutes doing nothing until finally the teacher in charge told us that the nurses went for a break and that we should go and eat. So I did and came back.

  The nurses were back. After everyone was inside they briefed us on how much fun they were going to have hurting us. Azeem went first. I had to record him. My hand were shaking cause I was next. It was my turn. Rolled up my sleeve. The nurse wiped some alcohol on my shoulder. She took the needle. Dam it was long! At then, nothing... I could not even feel the needle go in and only barley felt the push of the shot. I was done. 

  Looked at all my other friends who had yet to get the shot. Some were scared, other were not. Some looked like they rather just die there and then. After 5 minutes I could feel my arm going numb. There was some pain. Some of my other class mates had really painful shots. I don't know why. Maybe it depends on the thickness of your fatty layer or just where the shot was gave. Anyways, that is my story about tetanus.