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I remember the beginning of the dream...
I experienced something more real than Earth, Heaven or Hell, and something beyond any religion...
I was having open-heart surgery...
Last weekend congruent with my experience, I attended an ecumenical retreat in which representatives of all religions of the world were invited...
At the time of my NDE, I was around four months pregnant with my first child...
I was visiting with some friends and my roommates at our apartment...
It was 8:45 pm on May 13...
It should be noted that I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea many years after this experience since the experience...
At first, I remember people in panic surrounding me...
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NDE: I was 7 years old, and lived in a farm town in the interior of the Dominican Republic Somehow, I contracted and an invasive and aggressive Streptococcus infection that invaded my body...
I had just been divorced and was caring for 2 young children...
I woke up from surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU), looked at my husband and squeaked out, 'I never dreamed before while under surgery...
