It's the site where I was injected with the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine just hours ago!
Here's the funny story: I have so many moles the nurse had to really look to find the tiny hole left by the needle!
At the Savannah VA Center, we were taken in groups to receive the vaccine, as we would have to be monitored for 15 minutes in case of rare adverse reactions.
I was 1 of 13 inoculated at 2:15 PM.
We will all be returning on March 30th, same time, same location, for the second dose, which will make us fully inoculated.
In reality, we will not be truly fully inoculated for another 14 to 28 days after that, to allow our immune system to use the mRNA in the vaccine to build the immunity barrier needed.
At that point we can hang out, bare-faced, with any of the other folks who are fully inoculated and who have served their waiting time.
It's truly amazing to me how quickly this has come about! I had called Monday to get an appointment, but there were none available. Then, I called again yesterday morning and several slots were open for today and Friday! Woohoo!!!
I was so excited that I instinctively wanted to call Mama and let her know!!!
Crazy, isn't it? That impulse to call her, even though she's been gone from this dear planet for twenty years now?
I sat and I sobbed for awhile, as the motherless child I am.
Last evening, though, I texted Smitty and Tony and let them know! I texted Christina and let her know! I texted stepmom Bonnie and let her know! I texted Jeff the ex and let him know! I texted Paul and let him know!
All were very supportive and happy for me, wanting me to let them know how it went, so I'll be doing that right shortly.
And just what is it and where?
It's that $10 special of chips and salsa, alongside a heaping helping of margarita grilled chicken, at Chili's!
Time for me to tuck into it!
Here's hoping I'll have leftovers for dinner later tonight!
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Last night, President Biden addressed the nation.
He was applauding the people who have stepped up and taken a shot in the arm to bring this country back to greatness again...
only, he didn't use that term "greatness again".
I wish he had.
It needs to be unbesmirched.
Then again, the term does imply that something is amiss and that the United States of America is now a loser in the eyes of the world.
That whole "again" makes a dark smear on the phrase.
Let's hope that the USA can be a beacon to other countries with regards to vaccination of its people.
The goal the President had from his first day in office on January 20th was to get 100,000,000 adult citizens inoculated within his first 100 days in the White House. He and the Vice President were publicly vaccinated to show their faith in the vaccine developed to prevent the disease COVID from developing.
As of yesterday, he has now been in office 50 days.
The production of the three vaccines approved for emergency use in the US - from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson - has been ramped up to accommodate the need.
In the next week to 10 days, mass vaccination centers, operating on a drive-through basis, will begin operation, with one in Pooler, at Gulfstream, to serve Chatham County.
I do believe the President may meet his goal.
That's good news!
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