Today we spent the day with the Dails. We had brunch and mimosas and candy and wine. It was a fun day and it was great to spend time with the whole family and with Max’s girlfriend. They have tons of birds in their yard so I was able to add more birds to my bird count.
And here are the birds I saw.
#19 Mourning Dove
#18 Eastern Bluebird
#17 Red-shouldered Hawk
#16 Red-headed Vulture
#15 European Starling
#14 Tufted Titmouse
This morning I got my second Pfizer shot. I’m now fully vaccinated. They did say it would take two weeks before it’s fully effective. I’m willing to wait before we start getting out and socializing like we used to.
Getting the shot was very easy. They were on time and efficient. For most of today I felt fine. This evening my arm is hurting, I have a headache and I’m feeling really tired. Let’s hope that’s all I’ll feel from this second shot. I feel good about my COVID future now that I’m vaccinated. I just hope that the rest of the population will get on board and get the shots. New cases have started to go back up again and that worries me. Today there were 63,825 new cases. Of course that’s too many.
Last Thursday I got an email from Kaiser saying I needed to made an appointment. It didn’t say what for so I clicked on the email and it took me to the website page for making appointments for the first COVID vaccine shot. I couldn’t believe that I was getting the shot already. I didn’t think I’d be getting it for a few months. So I made the appointment and this morning went to Kaiser on Capital Hill and got my fist shot. I got the Pfizer vaccine. I get the second shot in 3 weeks. I’m so relieved! In the picture I’m covering up my medical patient number.
Today I made new masks for March. Of course they had to be green.
This is the last picture taken of my mother. My older sister took it of her this morning at the hospital. Mom had been in the hospital since last Friday for the same reasons she’s being going to the hospital…fluid retention, heart valve issues, etc. She was not getting better. My sister had a conversation with my mother and they decided to have mom go to my sister’s house instead of being in the hospital. I talked to my mom on Sunday and she spoke like I’d never speak to her again. She was right.
My older sister and I drove down to Knoxville early this morning. We didn’t get there in time to say our goodbyes. The ambulance was there delivering mom to my sisters house. They got her in the kitchen and she was talking and asking for a glass of water. My brother and another sister were talking with her. And then she just died. She was still on the stretcher when my older sister and I arrived. We barely got out of the car when my brother came running out saying she had passed. My sister was hysterical. I couldn’t believe it. We went inside and got to see her and say our goodbyes. They then took her back to the hospital.
I’ll be here a few days to help make arrangements.
