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Well, it was the winter of 1977...
I was in extreme pain and feeling very weak, so my wife called my personal doctor, who instructed her (with the help of my priest-friend) to take me to the hospital emergency room immediately...
I was 4 years old and had a high fever...
A special thanks to Elaine for transcribing this NDE as Ray told it to her...
Since the day I was born, I got sick very easily...
During the brain surgery that lasted 8 hours, my daughter Alice (I am her mother as Alice unfortunately is no longer with us) claims that she entered into a marvelous light that emitted warmth and a sense of peace...
When I was 9 years old, I would always get a book when I would go to get my medicine refilled...
After gurgling on the blood in my throat, I looked to the right, and the night sky opened up for me...
I was asleep and about 2...
I do not believe that I died, at all, but for several nights, at the point of going to sleep, I heard a kind of a buzzing sound growing louder, that is, increasing in intensity, and I would awake startled...
I had returned from surgery...
It was 4 am and I had just given birth to my fifth child but the placenta was stuck...
