You can check everywhere you'd want

你可以檢查你想要的任何地方

and you won't feel a pulse.

而你不會感覺到脈搏。

So I'm pretty much the best looking zombie you'll ever see.

所以我幾乎是你見過的最好看的殭屍。

(laughs)

（笑）

My name is Andrew Jones and I'm a professional

我的名字是安德魯-瓊斯，我是一個專業的。

fitness model, living with an artificial heart.

健身模特，用人工心臟生活。

I always have to have batteries charging.

我總是要讓電池充電。

At night when I'm going to bed, I'll plug my phone in

晚上睡覺的時候，我會把手機插在上面

and then I'll plug myself into the wall outlet

然後我就把自己的插頭插到牆上的插座上

to make sure I have power overnight.

以確保我有權力過夜。

In 2012, I was diagnosed with a cardiomyopathy

2012年，我被診斷出患有心肌病。

which affects the heart’s efficiency to pump blood.

從而影響心臟泵血的效率。

I was incredibly ill at the time

我當時病得很厲害

and I was admitted to the ICU for four months

我在重症監護室住了四個月。

where they had to implant what's called an LVAD,

他們不得不植入所謂的LVAD。

which stands for Left Ventricular Assist Device.

這是左心室輔助裝置的縮寫。

And it's considered an artificial heart.

而且它被認為是一個人工心臟。

It's taking over the work of my heart for me.

它為我接管了我的心工作。

These devices, the two batteries and the computer,

這些設備，兩塊電池和電腦。

these are what are powering and controlling

這些都是動力和控制因素

the artificial heart, to make sure that

人工心臟，以確保

it's working efficiently and working properly.

它的工作效率高，工作正常。

I started feeling strong again when I was recovering

我在恢復期的時候，又開始覺得自己很強壯。

after having the artificial heart implanted.

植入人工心臟後。

And, of course, it didn't all come at once, I took baby steps

當然，這也不是一下子就能實現的，我是一步步走過來的。

and I found myself back in the gym sooner than later.

我發現自己很快就回到了健身房。

And I got my strength back and once I'm able to find

我又恢復了體力，一旦我能夠找到

the right match for a heart transplant,

心臟移植手術的合適人選。

I'll no longer need my artificial heart.

我將不再需要我的人工心臟。

At first I was upset about having an artificial heart

一開始我對做人工心臟很不滿意。

and then there was the moment where I realized that

然後有一個時刻，我意識到了

this is my life for now and either I can dwell

這是我現在的生活，要麼我可以停留在這裡

and feel sorry for myself, or I can continue doing the things

併為自己感到遺憾，或者我可以繼續做的事情。

that I love to do, the best way I can and I haven't stopped.

我喜歡做的事，用我能做的最好的方式，我沒有停止過。

I'm proud of the scars that I have from my surgeries

我為我手術後的疤痕感到驕傲。

because scars are beautiful, they're a part of you.

因為疤痕是美麗的，它們是你的一部分。

They tell your story and no one can take that away from you.

他們講述你的故事，沒有人可以奪走你的故事。

(heart beating)

（心臟跳動）