A 90-year-old woman from Seattle trekked 6 miles through the snow Sunday to get to her COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
The woman, Fran Goldman, says she is ready to be free from having to social distance from grandchildren and other loved ones.
Goldman said she was frustrated by the appointment process for receiving her vaccine, adding she waited for weeks to confirm an appointment for her first of two doses.
“I had been spending a great deal of my time trying to get an appointment for a vaccination, and finally, on Friday, late afternoon, I got one. I woke up Saturday to all the snow and thought, ‘uh oh.’ I know that our driveway is inaccessible in the snow,” Goldman said.
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When she saw the snow on Saturday, Goldman said she knew she could not drive to her appointment slated for Sunday.
Determined to make it to her appointment the following day, she spent Saturday walking nearly two-thirds of the way to the doctor’s office and back home to confirm she could make the real trek the following day. Come Sunday, she made it to the appointment, though slightly later than expected.
“I got my vaccination, and then I was told I had to sit and wait 15 minutes to make sure there was no reaction, and I said, ‘I’m delighted to sit,'” Goldman said.
Goldman said she walked 3 miles to and from her house and the doctor’s office, adding that she hopes her second appointment for her vaccination won’t fall on the same day as another winter storm.
Seattle had more than 11.1 inches of snowfall over the weekend, not including the snow that fell on Sunday. The snowfall recorded was the most since 1968, according to KOMO News.
Goldman said that she is from Cincinnati, Ohio, so she was used to dealing with higher concentrations of snowfall. She told the news outlet she would walk through the snow again if needed.
