Near Death Experience

I was holding vigil over my mother’s deathbed. She had checked into the hospital and they found a large non-HodgkinΓÇÖs lymphoma cancer tumor just below her ribcage. The good news was that it was curable. The bad news was that the CHOPS therapy she needed couldn’t be fully used because she had heart problems. She … Read more

I was having my third and last child. I went in the office for the pre-operation consultation. The baby’s heartbeat was racing and I had a fever with elevated blood pressure. So an early C-section was to be done. This would be my third C-section, so I was familiar with how surgery proceeds. I was … Read more

In 2002, I had a severe car crash where I hit a tree head-on at 80 km/h. I lost consciousness several times. The steering wheel pushed me against the driver’s seat. I had a series of broken ribs on both sides, a broken breastbone, and both ankles had been broken. I spent 8 weeks in … Read more

At some point after open-heart surgery on Sept. 15, 2011, there were some ‘big bleeds.’ I’m not sure but I think it was in my nose and throat. When I ‘crashed’ on Sunday, Sept. 18 and had to be resuscitated, it was determined that my lungs had filled with aspirated blood, I was told. On … Read more

At the age of eight, I was having a vacation in Austria with my family. On that day, we were walking a steep walkway in the ‘Watzmannmassiv’, which means ‘High Mountain’ in German. Like the adults, I got a walking stick. I was very proud, as I got a new stick for every hike. Arriving … Read more

At age 7, I was taking swimming lessons in the very deep, dark Lake Michigan. The swimming instructor was a teenage boy. It was our last lesson. He told us to swim out as far as you can, then stop, turn around in the water, and come back to shore. I was a good swimmer, … Read more

I was leaving a learning center for adults, when I was hit by this bus. This happened some 40 kilometers from my home. Instantly, at unbelievable speed I was at my father’s place. I was floating while roaming through the rooms of the house. Then I was back in my body within a few seconds. … Read more

I was in the passenger seat of a car that my boyfriend was driving. It was nighttime and raining heavily. There was a lot of traffic because we were on a busy route from the beach to the capital, São Paulo. There was a dog in the back seat. The last move I remember making … Read more

On October 1, my second daughter was born by C-section and everything went well. Fifteen days later, on October 16, I was sitting by my 2 daughters. My newbown was ready to sleep in my lap. I began to suffer a terrible headache that was so intense that I put the newborn into her cot … Read more

After getting the result of the pap smear, I went to see my pastor. I was telling him, ‘Father I’m not going to die’. He answered ‘Who said you will die?’ I gave him the result. He was exhorting me and praying. I had to do the biopsy; I got the result of the biopsy … Read more