I was pregnant with my first child, a girl. I underwent an urgent cesarean section on the June 24, 1978. Immediately after waking up, I felt that something was wrong. I asked for help from the mid-wives but nobody listened to me. Four days went by and finally a surgeon came to see me. He … Read more
I had undergone stabilization surgery for my unusually severe scoliosis and for a spinal fusion. I spent 13 hours in the operating room and I was told that I had been admitted to my own room for about 3 hours. The nurses were monitoring me as I woke from the anesthesia. After about 10 minutes, … Read more
Bam! ‘That had to be a plane,’ I thought to myself. Nothing else could possibly be moving that fast. The force of the impact had snapped the drivers seat off and I felt the car being catapulted forward. That in itself was alarming. I had been traveling north on I-75 just north of Atlanta, GA … Read more
It has been 15 years since my experience, obviously the emotions and extreme details have faded a bit, but the experience was very short and “to the point”: I awoke (very emotionally charged, sad, but comforted) from dreaming of a “white picket fence”, then quickly switching to being in my grandparents’ home..I looked over and … Read more
I remember my eyes bouncing and I felt decidedly faint. I saw the nurse’s face when she placed the monitor on me and couldn’t get the babies heartbeat. I knew something wasn’t right. I sort of remember the feeling like something warm enveloped my being as I lost consciousness. I felt so calm and peaceful; … Read more
At the age of 8, my brother and I underwent elective tonsillectomies. Upon having tonsils removed, I was sent to the post-operation room. At some point immediately following the surgery, I began to hemorrhage. I remember hearing panicked voices all around me. There was urgency in their voices and then the sensation of being moved. … Read more
I instantly found myself in absolutely real a place. I have no words to express all I saw and heard. I knew all; I knew why life, and why grief. But the knowledge is all gone because maybe a human mind cannot contain such amount of knowledge. In this regard, maybe forgetting is a way … Read more