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

horrifying, like an elevator cable snapping inside my chest. One second there was violent pounding, the next an empty silence where the beat should have been. My knees buckled. The hallway tilted sideways. I remember thinking, absurdly, This is what dying feels like? In a hallway by the science wing?

Then everything went black.

I don’t remember hitting continue reading …