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I was in the hospital with severe asthma...
Commonalities with all three events: Looking down on body in hospital bed (1 event)...
I was playing pool with my wife in a tavern (she was NOT drinking, she was pregnant with our first child)...
It suddenly became easier to breathe...
These may not qualify as NDE's as I was not the person dying...
When I was eight years old my parents decided to have some blood tests done on me to see if I was ill...
1995 - In the intensive care unit, curtain surrounding the bathroom area, light began emitting from behind the curtain (sort of 'Wizard of Oz'-like - no noise, just light and vibration)...
I saw beams of light and thought, am I dead...
On my way to a camping trip in the Smokey Mountains I had a severe front tire blow out...
I collapsed due to a potential drug overdose experiment with Librium which became overpowering...
All I remember is that I felt my spirit leaving my body, I saw people around my body working on it and the nurses and doctors were starting CPR...
I was swimming in cold, ocean water off La Jolla 'Bird Rock' beach...
