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I was having open-heart surgery...
Last weekend congruent with my experience, I attended an ecumenical retreat in which representatives of all religions of the world were invited...
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...
I was struggling to breath during the night time while I was in the intensive care unit (ICU); 48 hours after anesthesia and aspiration from aspiration pneumonia...
A 500 lb...
It was 8:45 pm on May 13...
I was lying down unable rest due to a stressful event at work...
The day of my OBE is one I can remember as though it just happened...
I had just been divorced and was caring for 2 young children...
A few days following my release from hospital from a partial hysterectomy I woke up to major blood loss...
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...
I was due to have six teeth removed (no idea why at six years old), and I remember the mask being placed on my face and the smell of the gas...
