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I had been in the hospital with medications in an IV for my heart failure and got a horrible leg cramp in my right leg which was the most painful I had ever experienced and asked to stand up...
At 16 years old, I was a passenger on my friend's motorcycle...
I am a type one diabetic and have been since 1982...
I remember suddenly being aware that I was 'floating' above a bed and when I looked down it was me lying there...
I was struck by two vehicles at high speed and became unconscious almost immediately...
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It was beautiful, indescribable really...
During my second year of practice, I was asked to see an imminently dying, college professor...
I was pregnant with my third child (Sofia)...
One Tuesday evening in February 2006, I was feeling ill like I had a flu bug...
I just recall being drawn towards a big bright light to the point where I was in the light, only to have it communicated (somehow) that it was time to leave and back I came...
I had been admitted to hospital more than several times suffering complications of the stomach...
I survived an ascending aortic aneurysm and had two open heart surgeries within 20 hours...
