Katty Q Probable NDE

Experience Description

This happened in 1997, I was pregnant and by January 16 I broke my water and did not have many contractions so I was able to go to the hospital where I worked and the doctor on duty examined me and told me that labor was just beginning like this who told me that I could go home to wait for the contractions to be more frequent but that there was a health problem in the hospital and that only emergencies were attended since there was no space for women in labor and he recommended another health center for when I arrived the time to give birth, that was difficult because in my country Venezuela the next day 'zero hour' began, this consisted of a 24-hour civil strike. In my state, I could not wait for the functions of the institutions to be restored to having my baby I had to resolve where how could I have it and that it would not present any risk for both of us, for then my husband was a doctor from the same institution where I worked, so he could not influence any colleagues from that hospital so that I could enter, he began to call his other colleagues in other hospitals but the emergencies of the delivery room were in the same conditions of restriction.

Then a friend from my faculty remembered, his wife was doing the last year of postgraduate degree in obstetrics and calling him put me in contact with her and we went to that hospital there I could enter because there were almost no patients it was a relief for me, my husband was ready to help me attend my delivery to reduce the I work on the environment and my sister who was doing her last year of medicine also offered to help with the baby when he was born. So everything is already coordinated and we just patiently waited for the contractions to be faster.

But something unexpected happened. My water had already broken for more than 16 hours and I was not dilating. My husband got desperate because the baby had already descended into the birth canal and he could not expel it. There was no time for a cesarean section, and it had to be resolved by vaginal means. Finally, my son was born and he responded immediately. Then I was on a gynecological table and my husband was suturing the perineum since there was the need to expand it to extract the baby.

Later I remember talking to My sister and she told me that my son was fine and that she would take the medical history to enter him together with me and in the same room. I was already on a stretcher ready to be taken to the room while the transfer assistant arrived they placed me on the stretcher just right on the door attached to the wall, I began to dizzy and when I arrived. I wanted to sit down because it was difficult for me to breathe and I asked the one to help me sit down and the attendant told me that I could fall. I told him to call my sister since she was inside the room. She came out and I told her to take the blood pressure and give me oxygen quickly because I am very dizzy. She lifted the sheet that covered me and could see an immense blood clot.

She immediately took me to the delivery room and they performed a uterine curettage, then another and another. I did not stop bleeding. I remember that at this moment I lost consciousness. The chief physician told his colleague to advance my case for an emergency surgical intervention and with the help of my husband they began to place the surgical fields. I remember being in the operating room and my husband told me in my ear 'your son, He needs you.' I knew that was why I recognized his voice. I took him out of the room because the situation was becoming risky for me, my life was on the verge of death. I listened to the sound of the vital control monitors and As a nurse I knew that something was wrong because they sounded out of calibration they did not feel the vital signs and when they sound that way it is. The parameters are very low when there is hypovolemia I could not see them but I heard them everywhere as well as I could feel the nurse prick my arms and I know that she was injecting me with intramuscular cyntocinon and intramuscular metergyn.

I felt a force that suspended me and I saw a dark tunnel and it attracted me like 'the magnet attracts iron.' Then I saw an incandescent light that entered with a reflection that came from above. The light revealed itself to me I became aware of what was happening. I could see my body. I knew it was me because I recognized myself. I asked the Doctors to leave me alone. Yet, they could not hear me. I insisted and I know it bothered me because I felt very cold and asked to be covered. They did not do it either. Another very warm, Male voice spoke to me and said 'You can't leave until you finish what you started.' I turned my face to the right and saw the silhouette of a man with a tunic. I felt that they put a bracelet on my arm and I listened to the monitors again. This time, the sound was already more rhythmic. I also listened to the nurses when they were counting the abdominal compresses.

I was alone as a patient and there were no other personnel around me. I did not recognize the place because it did not look like a delivery room. My head hurt a lot because my hemoglobin was very low. I was seeing double and could not keep my eyes open. I looked at my hands and my arms. I tried to move them and they hurt a lot. I said to myself that it is because of the cytocinon injections that they administered in the trans operative room. I asked myself 'Why did they operate on me?' Then I took my left hand to my abdomen and I could see that it was full of adhesive and gauze and immediately I knew everything that happened. Being conscious a doctor approached me and asked me how I felt. I told her that I had a headache, double vision, and many petechiae in the skin. I asked him what caused this. He replied that I had suffered a hemorrhage and that I had emergency surgery to save my life. He told me that my hemoglobin reached 3 grams and when they used up all the reserves, I was polyfused with 10 units of blood.

My husband came in to give me the news that they had to do an emergency hysterectomy. He thought I would burst into tears, but it was not like that. I took it with great calm and resignation, because despite what they told me about everything that happened, I am still alive. I still remember those words 'you can't leave until you finish what you started'. I am 56 years old and I think that time is running out and I feel anguish because even now I don't know what to do and how.

Background Information:

Gender: Female

Date NDE Occurred: 1997

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Uncertain Surgery-related Childbirth complicated postpartum Life threatening event, but not clinical death The associated event that put my life in danger would be that day called 'zero hour', where the opposition political parties clashed with those of the government and closed all shops and even hospitals. As a nurse, I could not even go to my hospital To give birth to my son since the delivery room of this hospital was contaminated and out of service, I had to go to another health center near my home and thanks to a doctor friend she received me.

How do you consider the content of your experience? Both pleasant AND distressing

Did you feel separated from your body? Yes I listened to my husband who said goodbye to me and told me not to leave my son alone that he needed me, I also listened to the doctors who said something between them, they decided something about my organs, they were in a hurry and to finish. I clearly left my body and existed outside it

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? More consciousness and alertness than normal if I was more alert

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness and alertness? when the surgery started.

Were your thoughts speeded up? Faster than usual

Did time seem to speed up or slow down? No

Were your senses More vivid than usual? More vivid than usual

Please compare your vision during the experience to your everyday vision that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I could see everything that surrounded me

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience. I could hear the devices ringing and some people were talking and counting the amount of abdominal dressings

Did you seem to be aware of things going on elsewhere, as if by ESP? Yes, and the facts have been checked out

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? Yes I was in the tunnel and I walked through it, I felt that it was sucking me like an imam, the tunnel turned but I did not, I saw a light that crossed the walls of the tunnel and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel

Did you see any beings in your experience? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased (or alive) beings? No

Did you see, or feel surrounded by, a brilliant light? A light clearly of mystical or other-worldly origin

Did you see an unearthly light? Yes I was in the tunnel and I walked through it, I felt that it was sucking me like an imam, the tunnel turned but I did not, I saw a light that crossed the walls of the tunnel and I saw the light at the end of the tunnel

Did you seem to enter some other, unearthly world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? I felt angry because they weren't listening to me and I asked them to tuck me in because I was very cold and I felt very sleepy and I wanted them to leave me alone. I wanted to sleep.

Did you have a feeling of peace or pleasantness? Relief or calmness

Did you have a feeling of joy? No

Did you feel a sense of harmony or unity with the universe? No

Did you suddenly seem to understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back to you? No

Did scenes from the future come to you? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? I came to a barrier that I was not permitted to cross; or was sent back against my will I wanted to go to the tunnel and the voice told me you cannot leave until you finish what you started '... at that moment I did not understand, I returned to my body and while the surgical intervention continued I felt but without pain that They pricked me and took vital signs with a blood pressure bracelet and I heard that it was decalibrated because the parameters were very low due to the amount of blood that I lost.

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Christian- Other Christian I was baptized in a catholic church 7 years old I attended church as a child, later in adolescence I only visited church occasionally and in adult life too .

Have your religious practices changed since your experience? Yes I read the bible when I have certain doubts about something religious.

What is your religion now? No comment I am Catholic but not a practitioner.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience it was coherent to be in an operating room. It was not coherent for me, because it was about my body and I did not know what was happening to me.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Uncertain Maybe yes but I read the bible more to know something that intrigues me about religion

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? I heard a voice I could not identify I heard a voice that told me: 'you can't leave until you finish what you started.' it was heard very clear and it was a very warm very sweet voice

Did you see deceased or religious spirits? I actually saw them

Did you encounter or become aware of any beings who previously lived on earth who are described by name in religions (for example: Jesus, Muhammad, Buddha, etc.)? Yes I saw a silhouette of a human who wore a white robe and had a very short beard similar to that of Jesus Christ, his face I did not see him from the front, but on the middle side of his face there was a silhouette with the face of Jesus

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? Yes The doctors said that I was more dead than alive, they transfused me 10 times. If it weren't for that voice that I heard and that told me to come back I would flee.

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? Yes if there is a god he saved me from death

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? Yes I wanted to go to the tunnel and the voice told me you cannot leave until you finish what you started '... at that moment I did not understand, I returned to my body and while the surgical intervention continued I felt but without pain that They pricked me and took vital signs with a blood pressure bracelet and I heard that it was decalibrated because the parameters were very low due to the amount of blood that I lost.

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes I'm not sure what God's purpose is that He wants me to fulfill here on earth, and that worries me. I'm 56 years old now and maybe I'll never find the answer and I don't want to die again without having deciphered those words. Until today I am a sensible, honest, balanced person who helps others and I hope to be on the right path to achieve my purpose in this earthly world with the time that I have left to travel.

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? An afterlife probably exists No

Did you gain information about how to live our lives? No

During your experience, did you gain information about life's difficulties, challenges and hardships? No

During your experience, did you gain information about love? No

What life changes occurred in your life after your experience? Moderate changes in my life

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Yes I believe that I deserve to be a person with a calmer and happier life.

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? Yes nobody believed what he had lived

How accurately do you remember the experience in comparison to other life events that occurred around the time of the experience? I remember the experience more accurately than other life events that occurred around the time of the experience. I remember that experience in more detail, compared to the events of my life, for example the birth of my children, my graduation ceremony are only memories and I remember this experience as if it were yesterday.

Do you have any psychic, non-ordinary or other special gifts after your experience that you did not have before the experience? No

Are there one or several parts of your experience that are especially meaningful or significant to you? The voice that spoke to me and the words that it said to me. that message is still struggling to decipher.

Have you ever shared this experience with others? No

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No Before the event, I had in my life some 'deja vu' and I dreamed of numbers, I saw them in my dreams and the lottery came out, but I did not play them, I only told them to others. Before the event, I had in my life some 'deja vu' and I dreamed of numbers, I saw them in my dreams and the lottery came out, but I did not play them, I only told them to others. but I stopped dreaming and I have no premunitions

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real I realized the reality of the event when I woke up from my unconscious state. I knew that I had gone through a process extremely out of touch with reality and that many would not believe me.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real I only know that I am alive when I should be dead, that mystical being saved me from reaching the tunnel light and he returned me to earth to continue what I started.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? No

Is there anything else that you would like to add about your experience? no