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I had been taken to an ambulance after struggling to breathe for quite a while...
Amazing Life - My Journey Through Life and Death Check it out at: Click Here When I was in an unconscious state in the hospital I felt my soul leave my body...
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...
My husband and children went to church but I stayed home to rest since I wasn't feeling very well...
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...
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...
Patrick H NDE Home Classification NDE 2260 Patrick H NDE 2260 Experience Description The hospital staff had finished stitching my wounds when I heard my name being called and they noticed that I was no longer responding...
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...
I was having my third surgery in nine months due to a tractor accident when something went terribly wrong during surgery...
