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August 2003, I’m 23 years old...
I had my NDE after giving birth to my son...
I went by ambulance to the emergency room at my local hospital, with a swollen stomach and in great pain...
I was three years old...
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On the 12th of June, I got an operation...
I was at a camp ground that had a large pond for swimming; muddy old thing and there were fish in it...
I had a spinal anesthetic during a long and difficult labor...
I had a bad cold, but no other known health problems...
I had my experience at the age of 9, one week before turning 10 years old...
I was rafting with friends when we came upon a logjam...
I fell through the ice and thereafter slipped underneath it...
My near-death experience happened 30 years ago, but I still can remember it as if it happened only yesterday...
