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At the time of the accident, I was located about thirty miles from the nearest hospital in rural Virginia...
I was with my female friend who was my age, and we ended up at a reservoir area...
Well, my name is Hugo, I live in Recife...
I was 14 and was at college...
Hard one to answer: I had awareness of my surroundings and persons around me for only a few seconds...
I was a child riding my bike and was hit by a car...
I was in the bathroom...
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I went to the toilet due to violent abdominal pain...
On Friday, September 13, 2013 I was scheduled to undergo a bilateral TMJ arthroplasty with abdominal fat grafting (taking fat from my abdominal area and replace my missing articular discs in my temporomandibular joints)...
I experienced an eclamptic [Editor’s note: A form of toxemia of pregnancy...
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...
After taking the medicine, I remember waking up facing myself...
