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I was 3 years old, swimming with family all day. Everyone decided to get out of the pool and go play volleyball, and my floaties were taken off. I wanted to play too, but I was told I was too little. So, I thought, fine I'll go swimming. It felt like my floaties were still on, so I took a big leap off the step (as I normally did), and I was sinking.
My heart stopped in the OR after I gave birth to my youngest son in 2004. The medical report stated that I had complications due to heart disease - I have MVP, Mitral Valve Prolapse.
I was only young when I had my accident.
My parent bought me a BMX bike for my birthday. That day I went out on my bike to pick up milk for my mother.
I had been ill with chest pain, fever, headache, night sweats for about a week, but had not missed work (we were too short staffed, and I could walk and think, so just wore a mask around the patients. Tested negative for TB.) and I was on-call.
I experienced my NDE as a 19-year-old university student, during a particularly strenuous and exam-laden part of the semester. I had been stressing and studying, and had neglected to eat or sleep much that week.
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