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It was 9:00 pm...
I had been in and out of the hospital for numerous surgeries between the years of 1999 and 2003...
On March the 8, 2008, my daughter had come to my house and found me very sick...
Sanz Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1599 Sanz Probable NDE 3561 Experience Description It was in the course of the surgical operation after the anesthesia, normally I shouldn't have felt anything...
I was driving alone in a van down a loose gravel country road...
As a family we had gone for a swim in the pool...
My experience was alone, in the river, 60 feet below the roadway...
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Rogue River Rafting Scare, July 11, 2005...
I believe this occurred during the emergency, exploratory surgery to save my life...
When I gave birth to my second child, I was afraid of the pain and asked for anesthesia...
I looked up and thought to myself that I was sure that I had turned the light off, when I had gone to bed...
An acquaintance who was using drugs at the time flipped and turned on me...
