Holly Does Art

Playing with different drawing styles

For those of you who know me, you know that I have a *little* problem. I have a heart condition in which I randomly faint. It is not serious, it is just the way my heart works. It is incurable, unfixable, and most of all, really freaking inconvenient. It is one of those things that is more awkward than life-threatening, so feel free to laugh at the below stories without feeling like a horrible person. Let’s start from the beginning. It is called neurocardiogenic syncope. It is a condition in which your blood pressure drops and takes too long to come back up. I only faint while standing and I don’t have a specific trigger –meaning anything and everything could possibly make me faint. I am lucky enough to have several seconds notice to get myself onto the ground safely before I, you know, hit it, so it’s generally not a big deal and creates just really uncomfortable situations. I see my doctor once a year for him to say, “Yup, you're still broken, please pay your $30 co...