Those 6 and a half minutes

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Cardiac Arrest

abrupt cessation of heartbeat.

Cessation  [se-sey-shuhn] 

a temporary or complete stopping 

Yep, that's right, my heart stopped beating, for several minutes. It is possible for me to have brain damage because I was practically dead for several minutes. They were using the paddles on me. After about 5 minutes they were about to give up and call my time of death, but one of the nurses didn't give up. I will be forever grateful to that amazing nurse. After about 6 and a half minutes I finally got a pulse. Then a nurse then went to tell my parents I was ok. 

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2 hours later

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I woke up in the ICU. Mum and dad haven't gotten the results back yet because they don't want to leave my side again. 30 minutes later I begged them to go find out the results, they finally gave in. They then left to find the nurse. 

While they do that, I'm going to have a snooze.

I'll let you know what my results say, when I know.

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