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After a night of celebrating while watching the Montréal Olympic games, my friend and I left to go home...
It was a normal day...
I was going in and out of consciousness during the examination and when I was in the second operating-theatre I suddenly found myself surrounded by very bright light, where there was really no way to tell up or down...
I was being observed during pregnancy and was admitted into the hospital's high-risk labor and delivery department...
A friend dunked my head under the water and I did not know how to hold my breath...
Ruth B Probable FDE Home Classification Probable FDE 2565 Ruth B Probable FDE 4974 Experience Description This is going to be hard in English (writer is from France)...
I awoke to find myself floating above the operating room table where I was, all the doctors were working on me...
My sister and I were swimming with my cousin in her parents' swimming pool...
Even if I was so young when I had the experience I still remember as if it happened yesterday and still feel how it felt during the experience...
I was aware that I had flat lined - yet again...
As I was fighting to stay afloat in the freezing temperature of the water, I could feel the weight of my boats pulling me under...
I was suffering from a herniated disc and was waiting for surgery...
