Vaccine Conundrum

So many things have happened this past week that I've already forgotten most of them. But I haven't forgotten what happened last night.

It started last year in March, when I got my first Covid shot. It was a Moderna vaccine. I got the shot and that's all that happened. In April I got the second Covid shot. It, too, was a Moderna. I got the second shot and that's all that happened.

In November I got a Moderna booster. My partner Nuria was with me and she got the Pfizer. What happened next: nothing. No after-effects of any kind for either of us.  

So the day before yesterday (Friday) Nuria and I got our second boosters. This time I had to get a Pfizer shot. The pharmacy didn't have the Moderna vaccine. I didn't like the idea of switching vaccines, but what the hey? A vaccine is a vaccine is a vaccine. Or so I thought. So I got the Pfizer shot.

I went home and slept peacefully. The next day was, of course, Saturday, and nothing unusual happened until I went to bed. That's not quite right. Something different did happen. Normally I eat dinner, but Saturday night I had no appetite. I ate a small salad and skipped dinner. I felt tired, so I went to bed. I woke up in the night sweating profusely. The bed sheet beneath me was wet. My pillow was wet. I tossed and turned but every time I touched something it was cold and wet. I couldn't sleep. At one point I flipped the pillow over so I could put my head on the dry side. I felt very tired. Nuria got up and put large towels on the bed and gave me her pillow. I lay down and promptly fell asleep. I think I slept until noon or possibly one o'clock. I got up, still tired, and ate a sausage-and-egg biscuit. I stayed up for an hour then went back to bed. Nuria said she felt a little not-so-good. But, Nuria didn't get as tired as I, nor did she sweat. But, her first booster shot was Pfizer, so maybe her immune system was adapted to it. 

I don't know if it was the vaccine, or the long time between shots, or the fact that I switched vaccines, or if my wretched night had some other cause. All I can say is, if I have to get another Covid shot, it's going to be Moderna. Sorry, Pfizer. Your vaccine may work just fine, but I'm not taking any chances.