Hailey M.

I was going into surgery, for the third summer in a row, to try and correct a failed spinal fusion. This attempt was with larger screws and BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) instead of stem cells that didn’t work in the previous surgery. The last thing I remember is being in the operating room, joking with … Read more

Alan S.

I wish I could say the day I died was just another ordinary day, so it would appear more literally dramatic. But like an ironic preview of coming attractions, the day was besieged by the only snowstorm of the winter season in the Niagara Peninsula, just west of Niagara Falls; highlighting the inevitability each of … Read more

Ana C.

They had to operate on me a second time to extract the liquid that was surrounding my heart and lungs. This was making it very hard to breathe. They found it was full of Staphylococcus aureus. Some patients are able to hear and feel much earlier than others, after anesthesia. I realized that the surgery … Read more

Jayne S.

I had a profound near death experience 41 years ago when I was age 19. I am now 60. I was a street kid who had been pushed out of home. I’d had lots of bad experiences as a child and there was nobody I could turn to. I was slipping further into bad company. … Read more