The Golden Ticket

One of my friends said that I got the golden ticket today. I waited in line for 4 1/2 hours to get my H1N1 shot. I did end up getting it thank goodness.

Today was the last day of the Multnomah County Health Department H1N1 shot for children under 5 and pregnant women, till further notice. I had looked online at the county's website a couple of days previous when they did the first round of shots and thought I really need to get that to be safe. They had over 10 different planned places to get the shot so I was planning on going to another one next weekend. I miss read the website at first and thought that they canceled all including Saturday's. When I went back and looked at it again it dawned on my that today was my chance.

I got dressed and jumped in the car and drove down to the school that they were holding the free flu shot clinic at. When I got there it seemed like there was hundreds of people there and I really thought I would never get the shot. I was lucky enough that the guy handing out the tickets, to guarentee that a person holding the ticket would get a shot, was only 10 people ahead of me. I told him that I was 4 months pregnant and he gave me the ticket. I got the golden ticket!!!

The worst part was to come though. They had 240 shots that they could give up and I was near the end of the line. I waited for 4 1/2 hours in line to get my shot. I was so tired and my body was screaming at me to sit but their was no where to sit but on the ground. I blame my prego brain for forgetting I had a folding chair in the trunk of the car.

They also were handing out water and apples and of course I went to get a water and I didn't get one because a person in front of me that was NOT PREGNANT got it!!! I was so ticked, so I am standing in lie dying of thirst and wishing I could have water while people around me are drinking water. It almost made me cry because I was so upset about it. Granted the lady had her daughter with her but the little girl never drank the water and the women downed it all in a couple of minutes. I even seen people allowing their kids to dump out the water everywhere and play with it. I was just so angry I felt like it was so unfair and of course it was for me because I didn't have any. I seen a girl with a water bottle that has a clip that attaches to her purse and the bottle even had a straw so I knew at that point standing in line that is what I am buying.

In the end I got my shot, I was exhausted and drained by the end of the day but I was grateful for getting the shot and it was worth all the misery even though at the time I was very unhappy. Like my doctor tells me, if the benefits outweigh the risks than it is worth it.