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I had 2 NDEs a few days apart in early August of 1997...
At the time of my NDE, I was around four months pregnant with my first child...
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...
I was in first grade and having lunch with my class in the cafeteria...
On January 03, 2018, it was stormy and rainy outside...
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...
My experience happened in the summer of 1974...
When I was 12 years old, my neck and head were injured in a freak gymnastics accident...
I was a small freshman who was placed into a senior study hall in high school...
In 1994, I experience a NDE, which was a life-changing experience for me...
