Kloots shared her husband’s long battle with the coronavirus before she died in July at the age of 41.
She said in an Instagram post on Friday that she is grateful to have been vaccinated against the virus that left her a single mother.
“Since Nick died, as a single mother, I have been terrified of getting this virus and now I am one step closer to security,” she wrote.
She was criticized by some for having taken the vaccine because she is 38, but explained that she waited in a long line and only received the leftover doses of the vaccine that would have expired after all appointments for the day were completed.
She said that anyone else could have done the same thing and that “embarrassed vaccine” should not be happening. She believes that anyone who gets the vaccine should be celebrated.
In response to her critics, she said the team was “happy to have people there waiting with open arms” and she was prepared to be rejected, reports ABC News.
Kloots and Cordero shared a 1-year-old son named Elvis whom Kloots said was with her when she got the vaccine while Cordero’s music played in the car.
On Sunday, the United States was on the verge of reaching 500,000 COVID-related deaths.
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