COVID Vaccine

Rocky got his first COVID vaccine shot Tuesday morning, February 2, 2021. I drove him and escorted him throughout the procedure. With a laryngectomy, Rocky has no voice box and needs me as his voice and interpreter. Parkinson’s limits his ability to write and his skills are unformed using the electrolarynx gadget. At 76 he is losing his hearing and eyesight is dimming. He walks stutteringly and is a fall waiting to happen. That is why I escort him.

COVID protocols resisted slightly on the my escort role. But we were graciously accepted as a couple. And me with a rollator walker! We must have been a sight to others; they gave us wide berth!

We are relieved Rocky has had the shot. Now to return for the second and final one in four weeks when we get to do this all over again.

When will I get my vaccination? We do not know. My medical group relies on its My Chart software. An early adopter of this program, I used the service successfully for several years. Then I changed my email provider a few times and My Chart never caught up with the changes and totally barred my entry in the last several years. DuPage Medical Group techies have labored to solve the problem with no lasting success. A few days of reprieve, then silence once again.

I have been with DMG for 47 years, nearly 48. They know everything about me. They can share my medical records with any hospital or physician anywhere there is a computer. My Chart is a marvelous asset – when it works.

So, hoping for a COVID vaccine shot relies on DMG working past the My Chart blockage. We are not allowed to call for a vaccine appointment so we must rely on repairing the My Chart problem if I am to access the vaccination. Before going for Rocky's vaccination, I attempted to clear up the My Chart problem. So far so good. That means the channel is open for DMG to notify me of my vaccination date. I am hopeful it will be soon.

February 4, 2021