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I was having my gallbladder removed...
Mary R ADC Home Classification ADC 833 Mary R ADC 31023 Experience Description My grandmother was admitted to the hospital the weekend of my son's 5th birthday...
1995 - In the intensive care unit, curtain surrounding the bathroom area, light began emitting from behind the curtain (sort of 'Wizard of Oz'-like - no noise, just light and vibration)...
I was having a front and posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation...
I underwent surgery for subluxation of CV4-6...
I was in extreme pain with chest pains when I heard nurse yell at the doctor I was losing blood pressure...
After being anesthetized I found myself floating above the operating table...
I've had contrast during magnetic resonance imaging's seven or eight times before so there was no reason to think of having any problems...
I was admitted to hospital with acute abdominal pain, the surgeon performed an emergency laparotomy (stomach inspection)...
17 hours of nonproductive labor before decision was made to do a c-section...
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I suffered a massive heart attack on March 14, 2005, at about 5pm in the evening...
I was on a gurney...
