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

it. It’s working exactly as it should.”

“You tested it how?”

“We induced an arrhythmia briefly to make sure the device responded.”

I stared, horrified. “You made my heart—”

“It was controlled. And it corrected you immediately. That’s the point.”

I spent three more days in the hospital. My parents barely left my side. My mom alternated between crying and continue reading …