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I was running along a river with my dogs with my husband and grandchildren close...
Steve H NDE Home Classification NDE 1184 Steve H NDE 3253 Experience Description I said, 'I can't die...
I was accosted, stabbed repeatedly and shot twice in the spine...
Late spring thaw caused Elkhorn River to overflow its banks...
I fell, suffering a spinal injury which was reactionary...
Going into the operating room I had an unusual amount of peace...
I was laying in my bed and I had a catheter, a feeding tube, a drainage tube, oxygen, and talking with my roommate...
Kathy N NDE Home Classification NDE 1198 Kathy N NDE 3226 Experience Description The alarm on the blood pressure machine was the last thing I heard before it felt like I shot out of myself...
After receiving the injection, within a few seconds two things happened...
Eileen G Probable NDE 3202 Home Classification NDE 1206 Eileen G Probable NDE 3202 Experience Description I was taken to Emergency Room with asthma attack I was having very bad pain in my chest...
I was shown my newborn baby boy - felt love for him - then I blacked out...
In 1963 I was hit by a car while riding my bike...
