90-year-old Seattle woman gets 2nd dose of Covid vaccine - icy trek not included

Fran Goldman, the 90-year-old great-grandmother who walked through nearly a foot of snow to get her first dose of a coronavirus vaccination, his now fully vaccinated.

And this time, she didn't even need her hiking poles.

"I had no trouble at all. I made the appointment, and this morning, I drove there," she told KIRO 7 on Monday. "The biggest problem was finding a parking spot."

Remember when that was the biggest challenge in life?

Goldman got her first dose on February 14, a frigid Valentine's Day during which the streets were too icy for many drivers to navigate safely.

The long trek through severe winter conditions wasn't the biggest obstacle for Goldman, though.

"Last year started out with my getting a new hip. And so, I have a 90-year-old hip and a 1-year-old hip," Goldman told KUOW in February. "Obviously (that surgery) went well if I could do what I did."

She could overcome the physical part.

But it was actually getting the appointment in the first place that felt like a true victory.

Goldman said just finding that first appointment was "a major occupation every day." She searched for one when she woke up, checked in throughout the day, and tried once more before bed.

"I think it could not have been done worse," she said of the state's vaccine rollout at the time. "It's about as bad as could be."

And while she worried about others who are eligible for the vaccine but who lack her skills, she can't contain her excitement.

“I’m dancing all over the place," she told KIRO 7, adding she plans to hold her new great-grandson for the first time, after two weeks, to let her body build immunity.

"Poor kid, he won't be able to breathe."