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

jerking violently, Nurse Campbell doing compressions, paramedics shocking me. It was surreal watching yourself almost die, worse seeing how quickly it became entertainment.

The surgery went smoothly, they told me. When I woke, my chest burned with deep ache. I could feel the device under my skin, heavy and foreign. Dr. Patel visited later. “We tested continue reading …