@serviceaussiebailey Due to my POTS, showering is incredibly difficult. The increase in temperature can make my heart rate rise too high to be safe. I can faint and hit my head. Bailey is always there to tell me when things are unsafe. He helps every step of the way. #pots #postualorthostatictachycardiasyndrome #potssyndrome #servicedog #fyp #foryou #aussie ♬ Rescue - Lauren Daigle
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住在美國喬治亞州亞特蘭大的Katie患有姿勢性心搏過速症候群(POTS),只要久站就容易昏厥,4歲澳洲牧羊犬Bailey則被訓練為服務犬,當意識到主人的異狀,就會馬上提醒趕緊坐下,並用毛毛力量安撫。
這天Katie在浴室洗澡,Bailey趴在浴缸外感覺到主人可能會發病昏厥,趕緊幫忙拿來浴巾,又拿來藥和水,並且要主人趕緊坐下,自己則在身邊溫暖陪伴。事實上只要Katie站著太久,Bailey感覺到心搏變化,就會趕緊要媽媽坐下,超級聰明貼心讓許多網友非常感動。
罹患姿勢性心搏過速症候群的病患若是久站或久坐不動,就可能出現頭暈、頭痛、心悸甚至昏厥的情況,而Bailey經過專業訓練,能感知到主人的心搏變化,在發病前就做出提醒、陪伴,幫助Katie的生活品質大幅提升,彼此也建立起最密不可分的羈絆。
@serviceaussiebailey POTS makes trying to clean an extremely lengthy process. What may take the average person 20 minutes to do, it’ll take me hours. I have to constantly sit, and try to get my heart to slow before I can try to continue to do the task. It is heartbreaking and so frustrating not to be able to do what I need to do without having an episode. #pots #potsawareness #posturalorthostatictachycardiasyndrome #servicedog #fyp #foryou #aussie #ReadySetLift #potssyndrome ♬ TV - Billie Eilish
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