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It was approximately 10:00 at night...
Electric shock during work time, I lost consciousness and I felt trembling...
As a preamble to this story, I want you to know that up until that moment (1981), I was used to swimming in swimming pools and quiet waters...
Death caused by hypobulimic shock...
First Experience: My friends and I were typical teenagers looking for an 'alternative experience'...
As I waited for the third blood transfusion to be given to me...
I went to the doctor on a Monday evening in July 1975 I was sent to the hospital and the next day I had emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix and possible peritonitis...
Before giving birth to my son, the nurse informed me that I was dilated at 7 cm and that they were taking me into delivery...
Yesterday (Thurs, 2/23), I remembered a little more from the recovery room...
I was in the backseat of my mother's car and we were stopped to make a left turn and a truck (van) hit the back of the car at about sixty mph...
All of a sudden I am climbing on a stage which is all black except for an old six panel white door with peeling and cracked paint and an old time big round black door knob...
Early evening (dusk) I was traveling in light traffic at about thirty mph, an oncoming vehicle came round a bend and didn't correct her steering...
