Cell phones need to be charged, because the power is too low will automatically shut down. However, a young man in Britain also needs to charge every night for, dare not slacken a little, or he will die.
According to the British “Daily Mail” reported on January 11, from Worcestershire Redditch, Jem? Linsky is 22 years old, studying consumer management at the University of Sheffield, he is the UK’s youngest electronic heart users, every night need to plug the charger’s power cord into a hole in the body, to charge their hearts to renew their lives.
Jem and his sister Grace, who are dragon and phoenix twins, were unfortunately born two weeks old with viral meningitis, which triggered dilated cardiomyopathy and required years of sedation and medication.
After experiencing three fatal cardiac arrests, he was fitted with an electronic heart, a device that acts like a pump and enhances the weak beating of his left heart to maintain normal blood circulation. The “electronic heart” is powered by a battery tied to Jem’s waist, and equipped with an alarm, once the abnormalities will sound, warning the need for an ambulance to rescue.
Bathing is an extreme problem, Jem needs to seal the battery in a waterproof bag in advance. Going on vacation is also very troublesome, because it means he needs to put all the equipment in the suitcase, the local must not lose power, so Jem always avoid any place outside the home overnight.
Jem said he has been in the ghost of the gate several times since he was a child, from the earliest installation of pacemakers to the age of 17 when heart disease worsened, had to replace the “electronic heart”, looking back over the years he has never slept for more than 8 hours of peace of mind.
In the United Kingdom, there are currently about 100 people installed electronic heart, it has two batteries, each lasting about eight hours of work, through a small computer device to the patient’s heart to supply energy. Each night before going to bed, Jem must be careful to fill the two batteries, before daring to sleep in peace. Jem says, “I have to plug myself into the power cord and feel like my body is a cell phone.”
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