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I was playing in the water near the shore with my brother when I stepped into a big hole and went under...
I was in the labor room of a clinic in my city trying to give birth to my son after twelve hours of labor...
Saturday or Sunday night I woke up because my blood sugar was too low (hypoglycemia)...
At first I was experiencing the most excruciating pain I had ever felt in my life...
I'm a registered nurse with asthma...
My accident happened after lunch outside the school cafeteria...
I floated up to the ceiling and could see my body lying on the table...
I was having on and off high fever for the past two weeks...
I had a feeling of extreme peace and I loved being where I was...
I was at the gym, working out in preparation for work...
I suddenly found myself in a field full of wild flowers...
I won't go into how I ended up where I did but there I was in a small aluminum boat looking at a huge black wall, knowing in a few seconds we would hit and thinking I can only do what I can do - I couldn't remember until a few months ago what happened next...
