Vaccination Follies

Update on getting shots for my parents:

It wasn't the plan for Mother to get her shots before Father did, even though he's older.  But Mother remained diligent in getting back on the websites for shots.  And lo and behold, she lined up not just the first shot but also the second shot for Father through the state.  It was for this past Saturday and exactly one month from then!

Then, Mother told me that after she got her first shot from Walgreens, she was unable to get her second shot lined up.  The website wouldn't let her sign up for both in the same session, and she got no credible answer from anyone at the pharmacy (or at least that's the way she described it).  That's absolutely stupid.  She's now on the clock; ideally, she's supposed to get her second shot three or for weeks from her first, but she doesn't know if she can get, and if she can, she really doesn't know where.  I mean, does she just try Walgreens because that's where she got her first vaccination?  Wouldn't it be more prudent to cast a wide net, and if Wal-Mart or the state can bring her in, especially if she can snag a time when it's ideal for her to receive her second shot, just sign up for it?  But if Mother can, will there be complications since she got her first shot somewhere else?  And if she can only sign up, say, five weeks after her first shot, or two, is that a good thing, or should she really try and go for that 3-4 week window, risking not getting a second vaccination at all if she refuses all other times?

So besides that shitshow, it looked as if the world was a bit back in balance; Mother is younger and got her shot first, but Father was going to get his first shortly thereafter and, fingers crossed, he already had his second lined up.  But on Friday night he received an e-mail from the state postponing his shot schedule.  As the news said, the ice storm down south has disrupted distribution of vaccinations everywhere.  We were despondent and felt we were left adrift.

The e-mail said a new schedule would be coming within 48 hours ... and the state actually came through on its promise.  Father can come in (well, I'll be driving him) this Saturday and then a month after that.  Assuming everything in this country is back to normal (again, fingers crossed), my old man will be inoculated when he's supposed to be inoculated!

Now ... Mother?  I'm still not so sure.  And so I am still very concerned.