The daughter of a 91-year-old Ohio man said he is recovering after receiving consecutive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Victor Smith had been hospitalized since January, when he fell after the first dose of the vaccine, WLWT5 reported.
He was reportedly transferred to Jamestowne Rehabilitation, where the team transported him on February 25 to Butler County Fairgrounds so that he could receive his second dose of the vaccine. But his daughter, Dawn Smith Theodore, told WLWT5 that when he returned, a case of mistaken identity led him to receive a third dose of the vaccine, just hours after receiving the second.
“They transported him to get his injection, and when he came back, I spoke to him, he was fine, and then at 3:45 pm, I think a city fireman came in and said they had a chance for Victor, and the nurse said, ‘Victor Smith ? ‘ and he said ‘Yes’, so they gave him the room number and sent him to room 202, where my dad was, “she said to the media.
A statement from the city of Hamilton sent to WLWT5 acknowledged the error.
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“An incident occurred in which a resident of the city of Hamilton inadvertently received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on the same day,” said the statement, sent on behalf of the city of Hamilton and Community First Solutions. “The individual was a patient of Jamestowne Rehabilitation, where all vaccinations are carried out by trained and properly certified third parties, in this case, the Hamilton City Fire Department. The Jamestowne team recognized the patient’s signs of distress and responded immediately The patient was transported to the hospital and the family was promptly contacted. Jamestowne and the Hamilton City Fire Department began investigating the incident. Our thoughts are with the patient and his family as he continues his recovery. “
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Theodore told the media that her father’s blood pressure plummeted after the double dose and that the team prepared her for the worst.
“Keep my father in your thoughts and prayers,” she wrote, in part, to her Facebook followers on March 1. “He was scheduled to go home on 2/26 Jamestown Rehab, but someone administered 2 Modern vaccines within 4 hours of each other and he had breathing problems. He received the vaccine from someone else by mistake. I was informed that night of Thursday by the emergency room that he was dying. He’s holding on, but it’s been a tough road. “
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His last update on March 2 said Smith was “a little better today!”