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I am going to turn 62...
I want to preface my experience by telling you about two earlier NDEs I had as a child, and to explain the events of my childhood that led up to my main NDE story...
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At age 16, I had attempted suicide by taking an entire bottle of pills with with half a bottle of long island ice tea (an alcoholic mixed drink)...
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I was having open-heart surgery...
At the time of my NDE, I was around four months pregnant with my first child...
On 11/20/2019, I woke up because I was having severe nausea, and an aching in my left arm and lower left chest area...
Jane and I left early that day to hike the Galena Forest trails...
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It happened when I was playing kickball in school's sports field...
At first, I remember people in panic surrounding me...
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NDE: I was 7 years old, and lived in a farm town in the interior of the Dominican Republic Somehow, I contracted and an invasive and aggressive Streptococcus infection that invaded my body...
On January 03, 2018, it was stormy and rainy outside...
I woke up from surgery in the intensive care unit (ICU), looked at my husband and squeaked out, 'I never dreamed before while under surgery...
