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I was freebasing cocaine and seized...
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Nettie P NDE Home Classification NDE 2265 Nettie P NDE 4503 Experience Description I had a terrible childbirth that should have been a cesarean section, but when the doctor arrived and realized it was too late, and both the baby and I were already in danger...
I was having my third surgery in nine months due to a tractor accident when something went terribly wrong during surgery...
After the motor vehicle accident, I was brought to the hospital via ambulance and have no recall of that...
My delivery was scheduled...
Misericordia AC Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2271 Misericordia AC Probable NDE 4695 Experience Description I don't know if I was awake or asleep, I believe I was awake...
Maurice B NDE Home Classification NDE 2273 Maurice B NDE 4687 Experience Description I played a football game with a loose shin pad...
I took an overdose of prescription pills in an attempt at suicide...
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I don't remember anything before the accident, as me and my ex-boyfriend were drinking heavily...
Dorothy T NDEs Home Classification NDEs 2277 Dorothy T NDEs 4517 Experience Description The first time I do not remember well: at six I thought it quite normal to be able to talk to God (I also talked to stars of various colors)...
My father was stationed at Camp Lejune, North Carolina and we were living on the base in the military housing...
A few days post-operative I was laying in the intensive care unit and I felt a fluttering, alarms on the monitor sounded and hospital staff came running in and place a board under me...
