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Unbeknownst to the narrator, she had sustained a traumatic brain injury, along with a condition known as dysautonomia. The symptoms plagued her to the extent that she found herself questioning whether she was enduring a slow death. Days were spent in and out of the hospital, where she experienced frustration and despair; each time she visited the emergency room, the indifference of the hospital staff intensified her feelings of helplessness.