26 August, 2021
The new case numbers have jumped to >1000 today!
28 August, 2021
Got my second dose Pfizer. This time, my left arm actually had a slight ache as soon as the injection went in. The arm was a bit sore for 3 days. I felt tired but had no fevers. There was an area of skin on my left back which felt numb, but I couldn’t see any skin lesions, and this symptom continued for a few weeks. I actually had less side effects with the second dose when compared with the first dose.
31 August, 2021
Now that the Pfizer rollout is open for 16-39y.o., we no longer have to
check whether people fit the eligibility criteria so strictly, and have allowed
people aged 16-59y.o. to book the Pfizer
vaccine appointments with our online booking system themselves! Finally, our
clinic phone is no longer clogged up!
3 September, 2021
Received news that my grandpa suddenly passed away in Taiwan. Under “normal”
circumstances, I would have flown back to Taiwan. However, with the COVID
pandemic plus my pregnancy, I won’t be able to fly back. After all, even within
Australia, many people were not allowed to go interstate to attend their
relatives’ funerals.
7 September, 2021
Wedding anniversary. My husband was trying to use the COVID pandemic as
an excuse not to do anything for the anniversary. He eventually went out and
bought a nice lobster dinner from Mr Stone Pot after seeing how unimpressed I
was.
8 September, 2021
Even though the new COVID cases per day in NSW is not dropping (averaging around 1200-1500 new cases/day for the last few days), the state will start opening up on 18 October! And experts are predicting that October will be the “worst time” for intensive care units. Not exactly a pleasant thing for a pregnant woman with a due date in mid-October to hear.
I don’t know why some people are putting so much faith in the COVID vaccines, seeing it as the solution to everything. It’s just a desperate band-aid measure where we just hope we’re less likely to be hospitalised if we catch the illness, but people can still catch the illness. Just look at the highly vaccinated countries, the numbers are still increasing, which means the virus will have the opportunity to mutate into something worse! And Revelations do say that things will be turning worse before Jesus’ second coming.
Meanwhile, New Zealand seems successful in suppressing their recent Delta
outbreak. And Taiwan seems to be entering into a Delta outbreak.
9 September, 2021
The weather’s been good lately! Just recording the bump before the baby
pops out! Who would have known, that approximately two years after signing the marriage covenant, that I would be 15kg heavier, have a little human
rolling around inside my abdomen, wear a face mask every day, consult with
patients via the telephone every day, cut my own hair with surgical scissors,
become a rookie farmer using the Woolies Discovery Garden seedling kit, and have
a husband who's turned into a crazy curly beard caveman due to him working from
home for the last 1.5years!
