Bailey is helping during my medical episode. 4-year-old Bailey the Aussie, tries his best to comfort his owner Katie during a POTS episode to keep her conscious, Bailey uses his nose to determine when Katie is going through an episode, he uses his sense of smell to tell when her heart rate is not going down. That's when he finds a way to comfort her. He is able to provide her with everything she needs. POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome) is the most common dysautonomia. Its characterized by symptoms in multiple organ systems and an abnormal increase in heart rate (30 bpm in adults, 40 bpm in teens) upon standing. POTS is a common but under-recognized health condition affecting an estimated 1 in 100 teenagers and, in the United States, as many as 3 million adult and teen patients combined. The camera was set up because I had been filming a "day in my life" vlog. Normally if I catch episodes on film I will also add them to my medical journal.
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