my very special doctor

in 2007 i set a goal for myself to get to all 7 continents before i died--by 2021 my husband and i had been able to cross 6 continents off our list and had planned a trip to antarctica to complete the seventh--dr jeha had filled out all the special health paperwork required to travel to this remote continent--she had given me prescriptions for seasickness if we had rough seas going through the drake passage--and she was very excited for me!

in january 2022 we flew to buenos aires where we would spend a few days before we were to meet up with our expedition company and then fly down to ushuaia to board our ice breaker ship--but on the day we were to leave the expedition company cancelled our trip because there was a large outbreak covid in argentina--we were so disappointed but decided to take advantage of the sunny warm weather in buenos aires for a few more days before returning home

unfortunately i ended up with covid (thank goodness it was a mild case) and had to quarantine for 10 days in the buenos aires hotel--i let dr jeha know what was happening and she thankfully was able to email me a letter that confirmed i had followed cdc guidelines so i could give it to american airlines to be allowed to board the plane to return home--when we got to the airport the american airlines representatives turned us away saying that in argentina you must quarantine for 15 days--so back to the hotel for another 5 days and more correspondence with dr jeha who then eventually had to write a new letter for me stating i had followed all the requirements to get on the plane to go home--

what would i have done without dr jeha's help? it was a difficult situation but it was made so much easier by my concerned doctor! this story is just one of many times that she has gone above and beyond what most doctors would have done and has helped me and my husband (who is now also her patient) both at home and in our travels--for now i am going to close because we are presently on a ship finally making our way to antarctica--and yes once again dr jeha completed the required paperwork and made sure we had all the medications we needed--she is the best!!