90 Year Old Seattle Woman Walks Six Miles For Vacc... - Page 2

Greeneyedlady21 · ‎01-06-2015

My guess is that she walked because the road conditions scared her for driving. She must have seen walking as the lesser of two evils in that situation. She used walking sticks, so I am guessing she walks on a fairly regular basis.

Maybe her car was encased in ice or snow too.

"Never let the facts get in the way of a good story"

catmama · ‎01-07-2011

@KKJ

Seattle is a very hilly city and it could be the streets in her area were not plowed. It is always recommended that if you don't have to drive, then don't.

I don't blame her for walking. There aren't too many vaccination spots in the Seattle area and we aren't getting a large amount of vaccines. You just don't cancel if you can snag an appointment.

Lots of elderly people in Seattle are avid walkers (including myself)!

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

I was online for hours and hours to get DH and I our shots. It paid off and we had out first shots and appointments for our second ones scheduled. I would also walk 6 miles or do whatever to get to my 2nd appointment.

I live in Renton right outside of Seattle and I dug out 8 inches of snow from our long driveway for two hours so DH could get to the street to go to his 1st vaccine appointment on Monday last. They call snow shoveling the widow maker....so I never let him shovel. I work out and exercise so am healthier I think than he is😄

this lady had about a foot of snow to deal with...

KatieB · ‎03-10-2010

@LizzieInSRQ wrote:
Ridiculous feat for anyone to do in frigid weather let alone a 90 yr old female.why no one gave her a ride, I don't know as I didn't read the whole long story.

@LizzieInSRQ And yet you took the time to post a comment.....

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@sunshine45 wrote:
it really is sad though that she has no one to rely on but herself......even someone close to her could have gotten her an uber.

@sunshine45 I live in the Seattle area....no ubers were going to get through the side streets with a foot of unplowed snow... you have to rely on yourself during a weather event.

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

@Greeneyedlady21 wrote:
Got cut off, here is the rest of the article.

“My mother isn’t going to let a little snow stop her from getting the vaccine,” she continued. “She was willing to walk however many miles there and back to get it. She is a really remarkable person who has the attitude of ‘You don’t let a little adversity get in your way.’
“She’s someone who looks for solutions, not problems.”

Indeed, Fran Goldman is one step closer to solving one major problem: not being able to hold her great-grandson, Silas, born six months ago; and her other great- grandson, Logan, who is 2. She also has five grandchildren and four children.

“I can’t wait to be able to hold them,” she said. “I just want to feel more comfortable.”

Fran Goldman, with Silas, her new great-grandson, walked 6 miles to get her COVID vaccine on Sunday. “It was not easy going, it was challenging,” the 90-year-old said. (courtesy of Ruth Goldman)

She hasn’t felt that way since the pandemic began. She does her best, taking Zoom classes (right now it’s a Lifelong Learning class about post-World War II China), ordering food online and picking it up in her car. (Yes, she still drives).
“I hate it,” she said. “I will be happy to get back out into a grocery store and pick out my own things".

She's 90? Those are some great genes! Good for her. She sounds like a very determined woman.

A gal gotta do what a gal gotta do. I have that on a coffee mug.

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eadu4 · ‎06-14-2011

@KKJ Yes there was over a foot of snow. So no she did not drive she had to walk

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

Glad she got her shot but cannot imagine being so desperate for that shot that she ignored common sense and put herself in more danger than not getting it!

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@Pook wrote:
Glad she got her shot but cannot imagine being so desperate for that shot that she ignored common sense and put herself in more danger than not getting it!

@Pook Itis so difficult to get an ppointment for the shot....I would have done the same thing

september · ‎03-09-2010

I'm not certain why the vaccine clinic was even open on this day, if the road conditions were so bad!

Where I live, Saturday is the make-up day for clinics that have to be cancelled on weekdays due to bad weather or dangerous driving conditions. This has happened twice this winter, so far. The clinics are staffed by individuals who also have to drive to get there. Some of us are volunteers and also seniors....me, for instance!

I would have even more sympathy for this lady if she made the trek there, only to find it closed. At least she got her shot.