With this global pandemic not going away anytime soon and being at a high risk for contracting COVID-19, I decided it was time to get the vaccine. After researching the vaccine and being on the waiting list for a couple of weeks, I received my first dose of the Pfizer immunization last Thursday.
As surprisingly as it seems, my mom and I were not in line for a tedious amount of time. When we arrived to get the vaccine, the line went from CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital to Murphy’s gas at Walmart. However, the line moved rather quickly and within 30 minutes we received our vaccinations.
Before getting the immunization, I was extremely anxious about getting it since I’m not a fan of needles and shots in general. Nevertheless, the shot didn’t hurt at all. Matter of fact I’d say getting the flu shot caused more discomfort than the COVID vaccine.
The nurse who administered our injections was extremely nice and friendly, which I believed helped in the process of receiving the vaccine.
Once we received our Pfizer shot, we were ushered into the parking lot of the hospital where we, along with everybody else who just got their vaccine, waited for 15 minutes to make sure no serious reaction occurred.
While I did not get any type of reaction from the injection, my mom did. Thursday evening, she started showing small symptoms of the vaccine, such as lightheadedness, fatigue and she got a mild headache as well. However, it is completely normal to get side effects like these during either dose of the injection.
Other symptoms may occur as well, or you may not suffer from any side effects like myself; it just depends on your body and how you have reacted to previous vaccines.
I urge you to get the COVID-19 vaccine if you haven’t already. Not only will the vaccines lessen your symptoms of the virus if you do contract it, it also helps keep the high-risk individuals safer. You may not be high risk, but your children and older and sick family members are. Get this for them.