The School Nurse Said I Was “Faking It”—Then My Heart Stopped in the Hallway

smelled like hand sanitizer and fake floral air freshener, trying and failing to be comforting. Nurse Campbell sat behind her desk typing, glasses perched low on her nose. She didn’t look up when I knocked.

“Come in,” she said flatly.

I sat in the plastic chair across from her. My knee bounced. She kept typing for another full minute before swiveling continue reading …