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I was physically exhausted...
After gurgling on the blood in my throat, I looked to the right, and the night sky opened up for me...
I was in hospital in a seven bed ward...
While on the ventilator I remember seeing my hands so swollen, I said to myself, 'Oh sh#$, I'm septic...
I was a young child, I think about 4 or 5 years old...
It was about 2 pm (IST)...
On the day of the near death experience I had just gotten into bed for the evening...
Durante el sueño sentí que me sentaba en la cama con las piernas dobladas, es decir que estaba sentado sobre los talones...
I had been in labor for three days...
Early in the morning after having had my right kidney removed the previous day, I was talking to my mother...
I had a miscarriage and lost a lot of blood...
This happened about ten years ago, but I can still remember the experience quite clearly...
