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My NDE occurred on June 11, 1991...
I was in the cardiac recovery room after having a stint put into one of my arteries...
I survived an ascending aortic aneurysm and had two open heart surgeries within 20 hours...
I had a dream in which I saw my deceased aunt...
I was in a motorcycle accident when a truck was switching lanes...
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...
I had my gallbladder removed and went home...
My experience completely changed my life during during a surgery over half my life ago...
I was sitting at a desk facing a wall in a large studio adjacent to the university photolab where I worked part-time, reading Robert Penn Warren's novel *All the King's Men* in preparation for an American literature class scheduled a few hours later...
When I was five years old, I went to the hospital for a noninvasive surgery, in which I was anesthetized with ether...
My husband and I were lying in bed and watching TV...
My experience didn't really seem to have a beginning, I just seemed to become aware...
