Near death experiences stories

ky_grl82 · Jan 26, 2010

OH, you should love that new show on discovery health about near-death expeirences. This is not from a patient but from my ex-husband. He is a powerline worker and has been for 15 years. His second year on a job he was learning to do the actual line work climbing on the pole while the line was hot. He was working on a pole and his foreman wasn't paying attention nor was the operator of a truck who was trying to position another pole close to his. I have never understood how it happened but somehow the pole pinned him against his pole and his arm touched the hot line. Needless to say that much electricity can easily kill. The jolt knocked him free and he fell to the ground so he got a double wammy with the electric and the fall. He said that as he was on the ground he felt him self dying. He didn't recall seeing anything but he remembers hearing the sound of children laughing in the sweetest way. He actually tears up when he talks about it.

A co-worker did have to do CPR because he was not breathing and he had no pulse. It turns out it took a few mintues for the boss to come over to check on Gary because he didn't believe his men that Gary was hurt. He lost a large part of the muscle on the upper part of his arm and the electricity traveled through his thoracic cavity and exited out the side of his abdomen.

Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN · Jan 26, 2010

My mother has a story. Her heart stopped from Demerol after surgery when she was 43yo, and for 10-15 seconds she was asystole. No breathing, no consciousness. She says she watched them code her, first from the side of the bed, the she was 'standing' at the foot, seeing her body and seeing all of them resusciating her. Then the next thing she knew was being in the bed again, looking up at the faces calling her name. No bright light, no figures or anything like that.

I still don't know what to make of it. I'm very skeptical (atheist, not a big believer in anything paranormal) and have read lots of studies on the causes of such experiences however, nothing really explains 'seeing' what is going on without even being conscious.

AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN · Jan 26, 2010

A couple summers ago when I nearly bled to death, before we called the ambulance (didn't know I was bleeding then), I passed out on my DH and had to have him help me to the bathroom when I came to. You know when nurses say that they never want to hear a bad patient say that thay need to do #2? There's a reason for that.

I Valsalvaed down and had a seizure, according to DH.

I remember seeing a lot of bright white and hearing singing along with this horrible ringing in my ears, but didn't see any wings or halos or anything like that. People were just walking around in street clothes. Whoever was singing came to fetch me and told me it was my turn to pick a song. While I was thinking, I heard DH saying "Come out of it, baby."

I woke up in a VERY undignified position, and we got the ambulance and got me to the hospital, where they found me to be a couple quarts low, and transfused me.

I told DH about what I saw about a year later, when we could laugh about the whole thing. He says now, had he known what was up, he'd have kept his mouth shut! LOL

prowlingMA · Jan 26, 2010

My husband was shot in the eye as a young kid. He remembers seeing a person in white on one side of him and a person in black on the other side and they were pulling him back and fort. He believes it was life and death fighting over him.

He eventually woke up and is now 28 years old. With a prosthetic eye of course.

Sue Damonas, BSN · Jan 26, 2010

I had a Hospice pt who was actively dying, she had been comatose for 2 days, and suddenly she opened her eyes and held out her arms and stated "I'm hugging Jesus", and then died.

mamamerlee, LPN · Jan 26, 2010

My grandmother told me that she was waiting to have some XRays done, and she heard someone say 'catch her!' Then she was looking down at herself and some nurses, one kept saying "I can't get a blood pressure". Then she felt a lot of pain in her chest and started coughing. She ended up in ICU for a few days.

My dad was put on a morphine gtt on a Wednesday. We saw him on Thursday, and we could not arouse him. Suddenly he sat up in the bed, with his arms outstretched, and his eyes wide open. He flopped back in bed, and still we could not arouse him. In the morning, I called the nurses' station, at 6:30 am, and was told his nurse was in report. His death cert had the time 635 AM. Yes, I think he wanted me to know ASAP. I know he (and my brother) have tried to contact me, as well as others I have known.

old rural nurse, RN · Jan 26, 2010

My mother has a story. Her heart stopped from Demerol after surgery when she was 43yo, and for 10-15 seconds she was asystole. No breathing, no consciousness. She says she watched them code her, first from the side of the bed, the she was 'standing' at the foot, seeing her body and seeing all of them resusciating her. Then the next thing she knew was being in the bed again, looking up at the faces calling her name. No bright light, no figures or anything like that.
I still don't know what to make of it. I'm very skeptical (atheist, not a big believer in anything paranormal) and have read lots of studies on the causes of such experiences however, nothing really explains 'seeing' what is going on without even being conscious.

I disagree, I know there is something to explain it, but I think you would not believe it! :saint:

Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN · Jan 27, 2010

I disagree, I know there is something to explain it, but I think you would not believe it!

Maybe but, I don't disbelieve either. :) I just don't know!

Cat_RN, ASN, BSN, RN · Jan 27, 2010

I disagree, I know there is something to explain it, but I think you would not believe it![

Meraki · Jan 27, 2010

My mother has a story. Her heart stopped from Demerol after surgery when she was 43yo, and for 10-15 seconds she was asystole. No breathing, no consciousness. She says she watched them code her, first from the side of the bed, the she was 'standing' at the foot, seeing her body and seeing all of them resusciating her. Then the next thing she knew was being in the bed again, looking up at the faces calling her name. No bright light, no figures or anything like that.
I still don't know what to make of it. I'm very skeptical (atheist, not a big believer in anything paranormal) and have read lots of studies on the causes of such experiences however, nothing really explains 'seeing' what is going on without even being conscious.

I had an experience many years ago that was very similar to your mothers. I was accidentally given an overdose of anesthetic (spinal block) and a few hours after the surgery I went into respiratory arrest. After I lost consciousness I could still hear everyone talking. At one point they couldn't find a pulse and were discussing amongst themselves if they had lost me and I remember kind of laughing to myself thinking 'of course I'm not dead, I can hear you'. My visual memory of it all is from the vantage point of someone in the right upper corner of the room looking down, as though I was floating in that corner near the ceiling. I could see the back of the doctors as they worked on me and I could look out down the hallway, even though my bed faced a wall.

I didn't see any lights or anything supernatural. I don't even really remember any floating feeling ro anything, jsut that I could see everything going on from that viewpoint and that I could hear what was being said the whole time. I've never really tried to make any sense of it, it just was what it was.

*LadyJane* · Jan 31, 2010

i just finished reading a whole bunch of people's stories at another website, the maker of the site is a oncologist who lives/works in washington state, and he has approached the subject in a scientific way, and there are many people's personal stories of their own experiences. you might want to check it out if this subject interests you.

http://www.nderf.org/

near death experience research foundation

enjoy! :nurse: