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I went to sleep like normal...
I was traveling in China with my family...
I work in a kitchen doing prep work or as line cook; basically anything that needs to be done in the kitchen for the day...
Cardiac catheter error resulted in bypass graft spiral dissection and iatrogenic heart attack followed by urinary tract infection related to non-sterile Foley placement later leading to urosepsis, septic shock, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, , renal f...
Dying felt like falling backwards into blackness; then it felt like I was sitting up out of my body, then standing facing away from myself...
It was July 12, 1975 and I had just turned 16 on June 29th...
Prior to the event, I had presented at the emergency room with symptoms of anaphylaxis shock from being allergic to fish...
The following is what I wrote down in the week following the experience: In April of 2014, I went in for surgery to remove my gallbladder...
My mother, Rose G, was in the intensive care unit (ICU) after her spleen ruptured...
I had a fast childbirth, but the doctor was not ready...
It was an uncommonly hot and humid spring day...
I felt myself float out of my body...
