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Dr. Cox took a deep sigh then sat down in a chair next to my bed. This can't be good, I thought to myself. What is wrong? Okay calm down, just because he hasn't called me a girl name or referred to me as a woman in the first five seconds of contact,
"Dr. Dorian." Cox spoke.
OH GOD! WHAT IS WRONG?
"Dr. Cox?"
"Look kid, we, we got... well, your lab test results came in this morning and, it's not good."
"What's wrong?"
"Well, at first I though it was just a simple case of syncope or you just forgetting to breathe.With
your history, I wouldn't put forgetting to breathe past you." He laughed nervously. "As you know
syncope in most cases is harmless, just a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness, or
fainting. It is a common symptom - most people pass out at least once in their lives - and often
does not indicate a serious medical problem. However, sometimes syncope indicates a
dangerous or even life-threatening condition, so when syncope occurs it is important to figure out
the cause. Now, I know I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. In this case I think
you may have what we call cardiac syncope. In your case, your fainting is being caused by
bradycardia, or slow heart rhythms, this can be taken care of and treated effectively by inserting
a cardiac pacemaker."
"Like what they put in old people."
"Yeah." He chuckled. "Exactly." He paused and looked down at the chart, my chart. "If we don't
there is a great possibility of sudden cardiac death, where your heart would just stop without
warning."
I sat there, taking it all in. Dr. Cox was being so... well, nice about it all.
"All right." I said. "Let's do it."