Age: 47.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Musculoskeletal stiffness, Nasopharyngitis, Paraesthesia, Pruritus, Rash
Clinical narrative: 5 April 2021, at 14:15: Approximately 45 minutes after my initial Moderna vaccine the left side of my face became freezing cold and numb. The progression was instantaneous yet started deep in my inner left ear and around the outside corner of my left eye and instantly moved up to my forehead (crossing the midline), then down the midline of my face encompassing my left eye, the left side of my nose, lips, roof of my mouth, gums, tongue, back over to my left cheek area all the way to my left ear. Simultaneously, I had a surge of metallic-tasing saliva, and I had a tingling vibration (tingling without the pins-and-needles) in both of my hands and on my left shin, just above my ankle to just below my knee. It all happened so fast that I could not talk and verbalize what was happening, I could only hold up my hand in a STOP position. My airway was open and I did not have any respiratory issues. The numbness in my face was about a 9 out of 10. Very numb, very frozen.   We went back to the vaccination site and I was put under observation for an additional 15-20 minutes. The observation was 100% hands-off?no BP, no pulse ox, no temperature. I was released with the advice that if I developed any breathing difficulties that I was ?to go to the local emergency room.?   5 April 2021, at 19:00. The numbness receded to about a 5 out of 10. I did not have any respiratory issues, but was able to start noticing other parts of my body that were numb: the entire roof of my mouth; my teeth/gums from the midline-left; when I swallowed I noticed that my throat had no sensation on the left side and felt ?smooth?; both deep, inner ears ached without the any sharp pain. I had a massive headache and took 400mg of ibuprofen and went to bed.       6 April 2021, 09:00. After waking I got out of bed and noticed that my left leg was weak. I thought it was the position that I had been sleeping in, yet it did not?and still has not?gone away. The numbness in my face was still present and that it had extended down onto my lower lips and chin. Most of the left side of my face felt like heavy Silly Puddy, it felt swollen and stiff. The outside corner of my left eye, the left side of my nose, forehead creases and ear were stationary and not moving. My blinking felt off, but didn?t look off. I could now tell that the entire left side of my body was markedly weaker than my right side, my balance was off. I could not feel sensation in my chest/lung cavity as I inhaled and exhaled like I could on my right side. I did not have any airway or breathing difficulties. I rested and hydrated.   6 April 2021, 20:00. A rash of itching, burning hives erupted onto my lower left jaw from just outside my lip line and spread along the curve of my lower jaw bone to my hairline. By 22:00 the itch and burning had subsided, but I could feel that it was still there.   7 April 2021, 02:30. I woke up with excruciating, stabbing ear pain in my right inner ear. I took ibuprofen and tried to fall back to sleep.   7 April 2021, 09:00. My face felt increasingly swollen and stiff and the numb/tingling/vibration sensation in my lower left leg began to spread to my inner leg, around to my calf, up and over my knee to my upper thigh; my leg became so weak that it buckled. We spoke to a nurse advice line and she recommended going to the emergency room.   7 April 2021, 15:00.  Dr. saw me. I was given to CT Scan to rule out stroke and an ultrasound to rule out blood clot. I was given the diagnosis of Bell?s Palsy and was put on antiviral medication; I declined the steroids because they increase my allergic response reactions.  11 April 2021, 18:00. My face started to swell up over my left eye, left cheek, left ear and over to my right cheek. It did not restrict my airway. I went to bed.   12 April 2021, 17:30. My face?midline to left?is still numb; the left side of my body?especially my left leg?is still markedly weaker than my right; I get winded easily; I tire easily; my mouth still tastes metallic; I still have inner earaches on both sides; my eyes are extremely dry.   I am also a yoga instructor. I know my body. I was perfectly able-bodied and healthy at 13:20 on 5 April 2021, 45 minutes later my world unraveled and no one knows how long it will last.