I had Parasites in My Eye... A Travel Story from Oman and a Lesson in Resilience

In this episode of Explore Beyond, Courtney shares one of the wildest stories from her years living and guiding overseas.While working as an outdoor expedition guide in Oman, Courtney experienced a rare medical situation after a fly flew into her eye and laid larva. What followed was a week of discomfort, multiple hospital visits, and eventually a late night emergency ophthalmology visit in Dubai where doctors discovered seven parasitic bugs living in her eye.This story is equal parts unbelievable travel experience, wilderness medicine reality, and a lesson in resilience, intuition, and staying calm when things feel uncertain.In this episode, you’ll hear about:Living and guiding in Oman and the Middle EastRecognizing when something in your body isn’t rightNavigating hospitals in a foreign countryThe importance of trusting your instinctsA wild but true travel story that Courtney now looks back on with humorIf you love real travel stories, behind the scenes experiences of living abroad, and moments that test your resilience in unexpected ways, this episode is for you.