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I had arrived at the hospital, suspecting that I was having a heart attack...
I was attending an evening lecture at my son's high school concerning preparing your child for college...
I was standing out in the yard wrapped in a bed sheet...
In 2006, while undergoing a cardiac catheterization for an angioplasty, I was on the table and was able to hear the Doctor and nurse talking and every so often the doctor would ask me to cough or take a deep breath...
On 3/9/11 I entered the hospital for colon resection surgery [the surgical removal (resection) of a part or all of the large intestine (colon) and subsequent repair] and was discharged six days later...
In March 1993 I was living in Del Rio, Texas with my husband (we have since divorced)...
I was in incredible pain during delivery and things were not progressing well so at around 17 hours of labor I asked for an epidural...
Polly R NDE Home Classification NDE 3231 Polly R NDE 6551 Experience Description It was 1/3/1988...
When it happened, I was watching television...
It was a Friday or Saturday night and it was a few weeks into my first semester at college as a freshman...
I had been gradually becoming short of breath over a couple months...
I was with my family and a group of church people...
