Though Dan and I had appointments on the same day to have the Covid vaccination they were at different times. I tagged along to his 9:40 am appointment just in case they would give me the shot then instead of having to return at 1:50 pm. The location is a half an hour from our home.
I lucked out as we expected. They were more than willing to take two in a car. The place is very busy and traffic into the armory backs up into the road so we both were vaccinated yesterday morning.
Now one side effect for us happened in the first 15 minutes. We drove to the parking area with every other spot marked with a cone to do our wait. After 15 minutes, the side effect hit: the car wouldn't start! Battery was dead!
There was a guardsman talking to the next car over and I opened my door since the window wouldn't go down and he looked over at me and said "I heard it," and laughed.
Dan had cables that he didn't know he had. Another guardsman drove up the forklift into the space next to us and the jump was made. Apparently this is not an unusual occurrence for the vaccination site - dead batteries and even cars running out of gas as they wait in line.
From the armory we were going to go grocery shopping. We went to buy a battery instead since this one was over 4 years old. Jiffy Lube had not a car in any of their four bays, and yes they had batteries and install them. We were in and out in under 15 minutes.
As to real side effects? I took ibuprofen when I got home but it hasn't stopped my arm from being sore. Dan isn't feeling anything. He was sore to begin with from the day before when he was cleaning out the barn and moving all the old shutters, windows, and doors into one room for further examination. He also cleaned out all the old squirrel nests built from scavenged insulation.
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AAA is also a good cure for that side effect.
Glad to hear you got that all sorted out. I had my shot the other day and had a high temperature that night which resolved itself by morning. On the other hand I had no soreness whatever.
You were wise to replace the battery after I procrastinated with mine for too long, but with some good reason in the lockdown.
Congrats on getting the shot. I'm sure the sore arm is a price that you are willing pay.
Ha ha...this story is different than I expected...the car had more side effects than you did. Glad you had minor physical ones, as I did as well. in 4 days I get my second dose. Glad to do so!
My side effects lasted longer but my little car didn't fail me. Welcome to the vaccine club.
Glad to hear you've had your vaccination even if you had side effects - they're worth it. I felt a bit tired in the afternoon when I'd had mine which might have been the vaccine but it might not.
Letter just gone in the post.
The same thing happened to us at out first appointment--dead battery. The young woman who gave us our shots, cheerfully went and got her nearby car and gave us a jump. Evidently this happens aa lot.
Yay for you (the vaccine not the battery, ha). We're on the list but in a later group. Let us know how the second shot goes. Be safe!!
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