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After observing a frightening injury of a loved one, I ran as fast as I could to summon help...
David M NDE Home Classification NDE 2234 David M NDE 4457 Experience Description What I recall is that I was not feeling well for the past couple of days, like I had fever and no appetite and when the medical staff aboard the USS Coronado drew blood from me...
Courtney NDE Home Classification NDE 2236 Courtney NDE 4459 Experience Description When my son was born I lost a lot of blood and I felt my heart stop...
I had been taken to an ambulance after struggling to breathe for quite a while...
Tammy F NDE Home Classification NDE 2248 Tammy F NDE 4474 Experience Description I remember my ex partner's hands around my neck as I was in a standing position...
Adeline N NDE Home Classification NDE 2251 Adeline N NDE 4481 Experience Description When I came to after tonsil surgery, I felt sick and vomited blood...
The first thing I recall is seeing my 'fiancé' beside my bed and then doctors/nurses surrounding the bed in a 'flurry of activity' and then seeing myself lying in the bed and being shocked by that...
Jean E NDE Home Classification NDE 2256 Jean E NDE 4492 Experience Description I was bleeding profusely, and the time went very slowly...
In March 1984, I was six months pregnant, and awoke with severe pain in my leg...
Josefina M Mother NDE Home Classification Secondhand NDE 2259 Josefina M Mother NDE 4658 Experience Description This was my mother's experience, which from that time onwards she told us about as something quite natural, and she remembers it clearly even now...
Norbeto G NDE Home Classification NDE 2261 Norbeto G NDE 4664 Experience Description In January 1985, travelling from the city of Bucaramanga, towards Bogotá, as a passenger in an automobile driven by a friend, we crashed into an articulated lorry which was...
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...
