Age: 51.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Swollen tongue, Vision blurred
Clinical narrative: She got her vaccine, she was feeling fine, the person noticed that she was in hiking gear and her dog as she had just had a 5 mile hike.  He had a drawing feeling in her left arm, which she ignored and otherwise felt fine.  Got the dog in the car, started to drive home, and got on her exit and within 3-5 minutes to get on the road going to her street felt a little weird and had blurry vision, and then it was really blurry and then she realized she was having a reaction.  There was dirt on the right side of the road and turned her car there and remember hitting the hazard lights and not having any vision at all.  Her left side was completely numb, and her right arm was extremely heavy and she was able to get her phone, but could move her fingers still and kept clicking on her phone until she got the Town Center where she got the vaccine.  She got a hold of them and got a hold of someone, and then she was completely paralyzed with a swollen tongue as well, and not able to be understood.  She stayed with her on the phone and was hardly able to make out the signs to let them know where possibly was so that they could find her.  She could barely feel her fingers at that point, and was just able to move her eyes.  She also felt fuzzy and was able to communicate.  The lady got hold of 9-1-1 and able to look up her phone # from the vaccine center who had her address and information.  It was a 3 way phone call, and it took them 35-45 minutes to find her, and two police officers passed by her right next to her with hazzards on.   Finally she heard the fire truck and was able to tell the lady that the ambulance went by her and they finally found her.   Her pulse was irratic and was able to tell them that she was not able to move and that her chest was heavy and took her to the ambulance.  She was able to move her arm a little bit and then it fell back down again.  Her vital signs were not normal so they were going to take her to the hospital.  They texted her exboyfriend to come and get her dog and he came and got her car and dog.   They took her to the hospital and they were not able to get vein access on the ambulance, and they put her in a wheelchair and not able to hold her head up.     She was in the wheelchair for about 4 1/2 hours without any vein access, no blood drawn and nobody attending to her.  Finally a nurse came in and put her in another wheelchair and pushed her to the other side and was able to get a little more comfortable.   The nurse came in and said something about her Ex-boyfriend who is a heart surgeon at that particular hospital.  Once she was on this new wheelchair and was finally able to move her toes, hands, and fingers and little by little sensation came back as she was a gymnast for 30 years and was flexing to try to gain motion.   She was able to finally get up and weakly walk and they released her after giving her a  Benadryl.     Since going home she feels heavy (arms feels like cement), weaker, and does not feel completely herself, and went for a walk yesterday (which she is normally able to hike 5-8 miles) and has been dropping things due to either weakness or nerve issues.  It has taken a toll on her and it?s hard for her to take her dogs up and down the stairs without extreme fatigue.   Loss of appetite and loss of strength.   She is a writer and is going to publish a paper regarding this as she feels she was not given the right information and proper treatment at the hospital.