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In 1974, I had a near-death experience...
Somewhere around June, 2000 I tried to commit suicide for the third time in a row with medications...
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I was in incredible pain during delivery and things were not progressing well so at around 17 hours of labor I asked for an epidural...
I arrived home and found my partner dead...
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The following experience description was written in 2004...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
Dr Sandrine B NDE Home Classification NDE 3312 Dr Sandrine B NDE 6661 Experience Description I was on holiday with my parents at my uncle and aunt’s place...
I was sitting in the bathtub with my friend, it was raining outside...
My third child was coming fast and then something went wrong...
Thanks you for this opportunity...
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I remember a lot of pain...
Cardiac catheter error resulted in bypass graft spiral dissection and iatrogenic heart attack followed by urinary tract infection related to non-sterile Foley placement later leading to urosepsis, septic shock, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, , renal f...
