Getting angular rate value from L3G4200D gyroscope and Arduino

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void getGyroValues()
{
  timerReading = micros() - dt;
  
  byte xMSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x29);
  byte xLSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x28);
  x = ((xMSB << 8) | xLSB);

  byte yMSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x2B);
  byte yLSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x2A);
  y = ((yMSB << 8) | yLSB);

  byte zMSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x2D);
  byte zLSB = readRegister(L3G4200D_Address, 0x2C);
  z = ((zMSB << 8) | zLSB);
  
  dt = micros();
}