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I was underneath a structure that collapsed on top of me...
At the time I started to fall I seen my life flash in front of my eyes...
I had a difficult birth with my first child - she was induced and the birth lasted almost two days...
I feel so tacky saying this since it's so stereotypical, but there was always a bright white light...
I was trying to tell the nurse that I couldn't breathe but, I couldn't speak...
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As a result of the rapid loss of blood, the amount of time that I remained conscious after the fall was only a few minutes...
It was New Year's Day evening...
I was playing in my high chair and it tipped over causing me to hit my head on the floor...
I felt like having been thrown into space with a perfect vision of moving away from the earth and entering into a very bright light...
In April of 1995, I was a newly divorced mother of two boys, ages seven and two...
Once I was lifeless on the ground, after a fall, my neighbors and parents came near to check how I was...
17 hours of nonproductive labor before decision was made to do a c-section...
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