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The doctor came in and talked to me...
A day before this happened to me, I was in a bookstore in Orlando, Florida where I was living at that time...
I had the morning before said to my husband that I loved him and if anything happened to me that he was to keep on doing things as he did...
I must have been recovering from the double pneumonia or perhaps was still ill; I know this because my mother was obviously watching me quite closely or she wouldn't have been alarmed when she looked at me sleeping that morning...
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I had drowned and found myself in a dark place where I felt I was being pushed and pulled...
Anna L NDE Home Classification NDE 2857 Anna L NDE 5373 Experience Description I lost my sensory connection with my surroundings...
I remember this was the third time I attempted suicide...
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Maria GP Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2874 Maria GP Possible NDE 5378 Experience Description I had been in pain for many hours and could not achieve dilation...
Alexandre B FDE Home Classification FDE 2875 Alexandre B FDE 5375 Experience Description I was swept away by a wave on a Corsican beach and was saved by my father just before swallowing sea water...
That morning my mom woke me up and told me to get ready to go to school and I told her I didn't wanted to go...
I was taken to hospital, I had a bad cold...
When I was three years old, I had to have surgery to repair my urethra tube...
