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I had been ill from a recent operation I had had...
I have cancer...
In the midst of the heart attack, I was talking with the emergency medical technician in the ambulance one second, and the next I was somewhere else...
I was sixteen years old...
When I decided to give up trying to reach the shore and just let myself drown, suddenly everything seemed to stand totally still...
After being in labor for nineteen hours my baby was stuck and the doctor decided to do an emergency cesarean section...
In March 1984, I was six months pregnant, and awoke with severe pain in my leg...
My second son was about to be born...
A few hours after eating a marijuana brownie, my legs became numb and I couldn't talk...
I was a Deputy Sheriff responding to an active shooter...
I’m going to lead into this story with a bit of personal background, to shine a light on where I was mentally, spiritually and emotionally, so please bear with me...
My son was only four when he was hit by a car...
