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My boyfriend at the time was driving the truck...
I was born with a rare heart disease (Tricuspid Atresia)...
I was standing on a moving swing and fell down after a girl shook the swing (and I wasn't holding myself to anything)...
I've only recently wanted to talk about my experience because it destroyed my previous life...
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I had been seriously ill for several weeks, but the doctors didn't acknowledge that...
Adaline C NDE Home Classification NDE 1862 Adaline C NDE 3920 Experience Description At age twenty-four I encounter a problem with my then boyfriend...
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I was in surgery at the time...
Leta NDE Home Classification NDE 1865 Leta NDE 3923 Experience Description I woke up at 4:00 am...
V NDE Home Classification NDE 1866 V NDE 3928 Experience Description I remember it being a lovely day, weather-wise, and I was very happy that my mother was allowing me to take a nap in my parent's bed, rather than my own, which was on the floor and hard...
I was standing in the ocean...
Since my memory being what it is (bad) I am going to tell you what I recall from my own vantage point and also what the others have told me (mother, father, brother, doctors)...
I was coming home after work at about 8:30 pm and it had snowed and grown considerably colder...
