译者：FSIK
我几乎沒有脈搏 - I essentially don't have a pulse.
你想检查哪里都可以 You can check everywhere you'd want
你不会感受到脉搏 and you won't feel a pulse.
所以我可以说是你见过的最养眼的僵尸了 So I'm pretty much the best looking zombie you'll ever see.
我的名字叫做安德鲁，我是一名职业健身模特 My name is Andrew Jones and I'm a professional
依靠一颗人工心脏来存活 fitness model, living with an artificial heart.
我总是需要给我的电池充电 I always have to have batteries charging.
晚上睡觉前，我先会给我手机插上电源 At night when I'm going to bed, I'll plug my phone in
然后再把我自己接上电源插座 and then I'll plug myself into the wall outlet
确保我有足够的电量过夜 to make sure I have power overnight.
在2012年，我被确诊出心肌病 In 2012, I was diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy
这个疾病会影响我心脏输送血液的效率 which affects the heart’s efficiency to pump blood.
我那时病的非常严重 I was incredibly ill at the time
不得不在重症监护室呆了四个月 and I was admitted to the ICU for four months
在那里他们不得不为我植入所谓的”LAAD“ where they had to implant what's called an LVAD,
学名叫做左心室辅助设备 which stands for Left Ventricular Assist Device.
也就是人工心脏 And it's considered an artificial heart.
它接管了我心脏的工作 It's taking over the work of my heart for me.
这些设备包括两个电池和电脑 These devices, the two batteries and the computer,
它们分别负责供能和控制人工心脏 these are what are powering and controlling
以确保它能够 the artificial heart, to make sure that
运作高效且正常 it's working efficiently and working properly.
在我人工心脏植入之后的恢复期 I started feeling strong again when I was recovering
我开始重新感受到身体的力量 after having the artificial heart implanted.
但是当然不是一步到位，我像婴儿学步一样 And, of course, it didn't all come at once, I took baby steps
不久后就重新回到健身房锻炼自己 and I found myself back in the gym sooner than later.
重新恢复了我的力量 And I got my strength back and once I'm able to find
我寻找到和我配对的移植心脏 the right match for a heart transplant,
我就不再需要我的人工心脏 I'll no longer need my artificial heart.
一开始，我对于拥有人工心脏十分沮丧 At first I was upset about having an artificial heart
之后的一个瞬间让我我意识到 and then there was the moment where I realized that
这就是我的人生，我可以选择纠结于此 this is my life for now and either I can dwell
并自我怜悯，或者是是用最好的方式 and feel sorry for myself, or I can continue doing the things
继续做我热爱且永不停止的事 that I love to do, the best way I can and I haven't stopped.
我为自己的手术伤疤而骄傲 I'm proud of the scars that I have from my surgeries
因为伤疤是美丽的，它是你身体的一部分 because scars are beautiful, they're a part of you.
它们讲述着关于你的故事，而且没有人能够夺走他们 They tell your story and no one can take that away from you.