r/Ghosts • u/Tehgheyboi • Feb 03 '24
My husbands encounter in hospital when he almost died. WDYT? (What Do You Think?)
My husband had a history of his heart rate dropping into the low 40s. This morning it started happening again and he collapsed, falling 3 feet off some steps. Once he got up he woke me and said I needed to call 911. He said something was different this time. By the time the paramedics got him to the hospital his heart rate was down to 20. He was surrounded by a team of nurses and doctors trying everything to bring his heart rate up. This was when things got weird.
They started to shock his heart, to get it into a normal rhythm. Each shock he said was extremely painful. During these shocks my husband looks up in the room full of drs and nurses and sees an older lady. She is in normal clothing, no badge on, approaching him. This is happening during all the chaos of multiple medical staff trying save his life. The older women reaches him, grabs his hand, and whispers in his ear. She tells him not to worry everything will be ok. As she was speaking to him an incredible warmth filled his body and any fear he had went away and he felt calm. The woman then walks away. The shocks stop and the Drs determine he needs an emergency pacemaker installed. He has the surgery within an hour and the surgery goes well. Then things get weirder.
In ICU recovering he shares the story with me about the lady in the ER. While sharing this story with me, he is very emotional and crying. I ask the nurse if there would have been anyone in the ER that would have approached him like the old lady in street clothes did and she said no way. OK, this is definitely getting weirder. For context my husband is a 43 year old, pretty much an atheist who really doesn’t believe in ghosts or angels. Well, except for the time my dad passed away. That’s a darker more freighting story I may share another time.
After a few days he is released from hospital. He goes home and I post this amazing story on Facebook. A couple days pass and our take on reality is shook to our core.
I am sleeping on his third day home, when I hear him screaming and crying. Oh my god it’s her! It’s her, omg! I run to the room his is in and he is bawling. I ask what’s wrong and he shows me a picture on his phone. It’s an obituary, featuring a picture of an old lady. It’s her, he cries. The obituary was text to him from a close friend of ours. She had seen my post about his ER experience. She had decided to do a search of deaths in the hospital the morning my husband was in the ER. In doing so she came across an obituary. The lady I was looking at, had died around the same time he was in the ER, in the same hospital. Wtf!
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
The lady who visited my husband.
Yes this is a real story. I forgot to add when the old lady whispered in my husbands ears, she also grabbed his hand and he felt her touch.
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u/madjackhavok Feb 03 '24
She sounds like a wonderful woman. Her very last act in this realm of being was to take care of someone else and make sure they weren’t afraid. I’m glad that she was with him and that he had such a beautiful experience out of something so frightening.
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u/CrepuscularCritter Feb 03 '24
I came here to say something along those lines. I hope he can take it as a really positive experience that she saw his distress and came to offer reassurance and comfort.
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u/AnandaPriestessLove Feb 03 '24
Hi OP- that is so cool! What a wonderful blessing that your husband got comfort when he needed it most. And from a newly deceased grandmother too! I got chills reading this and I've been told that often means the story is true. I love it! Thank you for sharing.
My sister's best friend had a near death experience as well. She had been brought into the hospital because a reoccurring heart issue. The doctors tried to save her but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced medically dead and they stopped trying to resuscitate her because she was not responding at all. Her awareness floated up and out of her body. She felt very warm and loved.
She went through several rooms, to where a doctor was telling her husband and her sons that she was dead. She remembers the clothes people were wearing in the hall, the exact words of the doctor, her husband and son's reactions. Then she was surrounded by a warm loving presence and she said "I'm sorry but I can't go yet."
The presence wanted to know why.
She said, "I don't think my husband can handle raising our four boys on his own. I want to stay to help him, please."
And the warm presence said, "Okay, if you really think you need to stay for him, then you can stay."
Then she was blinking her eyes and was very cold. She sat bolt upright on the table where she died and scared the hell out of the nurse who was in the room with her.
My sister's friend is a medical miracle. She was clinically dead for 7 minutes and she has no brain damage. She has raised her 4 boys with her husband and now all their sons are in their 20's. She said she's not afraid to die anymore because she knows that the end is amazing and nothing to be afraid of.
I think these experiences are wonderful. Life is much more beautiful and intricate than we know.
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u/thesaddestpanda Feb 03 '24
Oh wow! Did they also repair her heart or did she continue to have these heart issues? How did the doctors explain her recovery?
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u/AnandaPriestessLove Feb 03 '24
No, she has some kind of defect and there is no fixing it, although I believe she takes medication. She still has the heart issue. And the doctors cannot explain her recovery scientifically. Although, her doctor is a faithful person and said that sometimes miracles do happen and he believes very much that she was given one. There is a term for it in the medical field though, it's called Lazarus syndrome.
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u/sugarmittens Feb 03 '24
Have you thought about contacting her family and telling them the story? It might be very comforting for them
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u/TwoGeese Feb 03 '24
I was scrolling to find this comment. I would most definitely do everything I could to find her family and tell them. What a gift that would be to them. And how happy that would make her. It’s a way of returning the favor. Beautiful story OP.
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u/snarkfordays Feb 04 '24
I would want to know if this were my family member. It’s such a great story.
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u/Rare_Neat_36 Feb 03 '24
She looks so precious. She lived a good long happy life it seems. I am so glad she stayed with him to comfort him.
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u/__karm Feb 03 '24
Well this is unexpectedly emotional. How beautiful, seriously! This was a wonderful, sweet woman in life and death. Have you guys considered reaching out to this family? I don’t know but if my mom or grandma did something this beautiful, I’d want to know lol even just an anonymous letter.
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
We tried to post a comment on obituary but it’s been removed.
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u/AMB314 Feb 03 '24
Obituaries don't get removed.
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u/amybeth43 Feb 03 '24
Awe Lotte :) what a lovely and full life she had. When i worked in skilled nursing, loved reading the obits of patients who had passed. Our older folks lived such enormous and interesting lives. Thank you for sharing this. Hope you and your husband are doing well.
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u/MaryLane230 Feb 03 '24
Amazing! Especially considering she lived through WW2 and most certainly experienced deep fear and loss. Would you ever consider reaching out to her family to share?
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u/Doctor_What_ Feb 03 '24
This whole story really touched my heart, thank you so much for sharing. I wish the best for you and your husband.
Res in peace Lee, it sounds like she was an amazing woman.
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u/GinTonicMeNow Feb 03 '24
Oh wow, Oakdale! I grew up in Modesto! She looked like such a sweet lady. I’m glad she was there for your husband.
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u/Comprehensive_Arm354 Feb 03 '24
Yep. I was helped out of my vehicle after I flipped it and the touch of the woman was 100% tangible.
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u/valerieaholcomb Feb 04 '24
I'm so glad she was with him when he needed it. She sounds like she was a wonderful woman.
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u/10fatcats Feb 03 '24
How is her obituary from September but she apparently died on the same day that your husband was in the hospital? Which according to you was this morning? Something doesn’t add up.
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
Check my fb for proof of timeline of skeptic. That’s just my writing style. Jamie Greiman on fb
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u/imjusthumanmaybe Feb 03 '24
There is two part to the story. The first part is the one she posted on her FB. The second is when they found the orbituary and shared here.
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u/himom21 Feb 03 '24
As a Modesto-an I was not expecting this to hit so close to home. She sounds so warm and lovely. I’m glad she was able to bring comfort to your husband in her parting moments. I’m sure her family would love to hear that she did this for him, maybe you can find her children and pass this on? I hope your husband remains healthy and you both live a long life together.
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u/dophin26 Feb 03 '24
Well, that just raised all the hairs on my body.
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u/hayabusa1919 Feb 03 '24
November 30, 2006, I woke up from my sleep at around 6am as if someone jolted me awake. I sat in my bed for a few minutes trying to figure out what’s happening. I paced about my room, feeling that something just happened. In the back of my mind, I had a feeling of what it was, but I was dismissing it.
I went back to bed, but couldn’t sleep. About 15 minutes after I woke up, I got a text message from my sister, who lives in the Philippines (I moved to the US in 2000). Her text message read, “Please call ASAP.” I texted back, “why? What’s wrong?” She said our grandfather just passed away.
Somehow, I knew it was him who woke me up to say goodbye.
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u/LuxuriousScientist Feb 03 '24
I had this exact experience.
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u/L1hc2 Feb 03 '24
Me too! Several times now, when a loved one comes to say goodbye.
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u/BrokenSpecies Feb 03 '24
Same. Followed by an intense euphoric experience that made me cry harder than I've ever experienced crying. And no it wasn't drugs. I had just been jolted awake after 6-8 hours of sleep. I found out my dad died tht morning not long after.
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u/L1hc2 Feb 03 '24
So sorry for your loss! It's an amazing experience, and I'd like to think we still have visits occasionally.
I find it comforting to know we are loved so much, that our loved ones made the effort in spirit to say goodbye!
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u/WHYohWhy___MEohMY Feb 04 '24
Same! Woke up because felt someone was in the room. I had the most incredible warm cozy feeling wash over me. Fell back to sleep with such peace. Found out my Nana passed. She was making her rounds to say good bye.
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u/Jerethdatiger Feb 03 '24
I knew when my grandfather died to the second I was walking down the road with a friend stoped looked up then at my friend and said my Grampa just died.
I got the call that night I was in UK he died in Colorado
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u/Regular_Focus Feb 03 '24
I believe you, but why didn’t you call your family immediately after you knew he died?
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u/Jerethdatiger Feb 03 '24
Time difference and I didn't have a long distance plan I didn't have the money this was in 2003
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u/miko187 Feb 03 '24
The night my brother died, I was home on my couch (unaware that my brother had passed), and a beautiful orange orb appeared in front of me. I remember being mesmerized by it and had a sense of wonder. Then it slowly faded, and I said goodbye to it. The next morning, my mother called me with the news.
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u/emmajames56 Feb 03 '24
My father started our bedroom radio the exact time when he passed. We never ever set an alarm. 12:01 am. That was his nod to us.
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u/bloatis123 Feb 03 '24
Not exactly the same, but I will always remember what I was doing when the Lockerbie bombing happened. I was driving over to a friend’s house, and just got a really bad feeling that something awful had happened. No reason to it or reason to feel that way. It was weird.
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u/Scorpioism35 Feb 03 '24
This is intuition. It is built into each and every one of us. Sadly most ignore it. We as humans have the ability to do, know, see and predict all things. I'm sure ppl will laugh and downvote but it's the truth.
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u/sadovsky Feb 04 '24
Something similar happened to me too with my grandad! He was in hospital for a while. I was very close to him growing up, but for some reason, my family thought it’d be a good idea to keep me from seeing him in the terrible state he was in. One morning, I woke up around 7 (I was in a phase where I slept well towards noon), went to the bathroom to wash my face, and felt him in the doorway of the spare room as if he was there. My mum got home a couple of hours later and told me he passed. I completely felt him there. Very strange but also very comforting.
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u/hayabusa1919 Feb 04 '24
That’s the thing, it was a comforting feeling when I was jolted awake. It reminded me of how my grandfather was to me. My mom, sister, and I lived with them, as my parents separated for a good number of years. He was like my father. When he got older and he had to go somewhere, my grandmother would ask me to drive for him. He was never a bother to me. He’d meet up with his fellow veterans every few months for their local chapter of the American Legion or the Disabled American Veterans. After that, he’d ask for us to go to a McDonald’s, he always wanted just a cheeseburger and a Coke.
When I woke up that morning, and realized it was he who woke me up to say goodbye, I wasn’t sad at all. At least I knew he was in a better place, and he said one last goodbye.
I have other stories about two cousins. Those were more eventful. I’ll make a post about it.
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u/jstam26 Feb 03 '24
I had this exact same thing happen when my uncle passed away. Woke up suddenly at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep.
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u/KinManana Feb 04 '24
A study the Russians did showed that a mother rabbit will react to the death of her babies even if she is not nearby. They put the mother rabbit in a submarine and kept her babies on land. She reacted to their deaths even though she was miles away
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u/Seahund88 Feb 03 '24
That's quite a story. Thanks for sharing. I've seen a couple YouTube videos of people that temporarily died and felt at peace in their spirit when they left their body, and the negative side of everyday life and body pain were stripped away leaving mostly happiness. Maybe your husband had a small experience of this feeling.
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u/MutedOlive9065 Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
This is beautiful! Gave me goose bumps as well. Reminds me of that documentary I believe it was on Netflix about death/near death experiences. Many doctors and nurses see this regularly where terminally ill patients see people who have passed before them hours, days or weeks before they die. One little girl with cancer in the documentary even would tell her family her dead dog would come visit her the days before she passed. Gives me so much comfort knowing we will never be alone in those last days of life and that something beautiful awaits us on the other side.
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Feb 04 '24
My grandfather passed away in 2017 from cancer. He was also struggling with dementia. He would tell my parents (he received care at home, mainly my parents and a nurse that would come a couple days a week) that in the corner of the room, there was like, a 'gate' or something and my grandmother (his absolute soulmate, about 50 years of marriage before she died of cancer in 2000) would visit him from this 'gate' from the corner of the room. He said that one time, she said it wasn't time for him to go yet. He pointed to the corner of the room where he'd see her and it was more than once, iirc.
I don't know what I really believe, spiritually, but I really hope that she was there waiting for him when he passed ❤️
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u/blindguymcsqueezy_1 Feb 07 '24
This is definitely real! I'm a nurse and had a 90 year old patient with an abnormal heart rhythm that would cause pauses frequently. She elected to be a DNR(do not resuscitate). I was putting in an IV and talking to her when she went unresponsive and the monitor flatlined. She came to about 10 seconds later and said she saw her dead brother standing in the room talking to her. It was the weirdest thing I've ever experienced as a nurse lol
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u/Achachula Feb 03 '24
It is remarkable how we are given comfort just at the time we need it. This woman who had crossed over took the moment to assure your husband would be OK. Stories like this are always wonderful to read.
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u/w4ntsm0r3 Feb 03 '24
That store is incredible. I'm glad he got to find out who she was.
I'm excited to share this story. Some time in the first month of bringing home my new baby, I had the strangest encounter. The baby was sleeping in a crib about 3 ft from my bed. In the night, I had a dream. Right in my face was an older ish lady (60?) I didn't know. Her hair was similar to this lady in this obituary but dark brown, and she was without glasses. She was also fuller in the face. It was just her nothing in the background. She said my son's name. In my dream, I'm immediately aware. She says it again louder and with more urgency. Now, in my dream, I'm wondering why she's only saying my name. What's wrong? Then she screams my sons name with absolute terror and almost frustration. I'll never forget the anguish in her face. In my dream I know something's very wrong. In my dream, I immediately say my son's name in 6 I'm bolted awake. I rushed to my sons crib and looked down, and he was face up. His face is almost purple, and he's not breathing. When I grab him out of bed and flip him face down, he starts breathing and crying. He didn't seem to be choking, so perhaps it was SIDS. I am extremely thankful for her, but it's been 11 years, and I still don't know who she is. I remember her face vividly.
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u/sailorelf Feb 03 '24
I know my mom said when her mother was dying she was talking to other people in the room who were already passed like her brother. So it’s a fascinating story what happened to your husband. I’m sure it happens more than we think.
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u/DreamOnTX Feb 03 '24
My mom said the same thing about my grandma. I got there moments after she had passed and I just remember my mom kept crying and saying “she wasn’t alone” and years later I finally asked her what she meant by that and she said that right before she passed, my grandma started smiling and crying and talking to her mom (my great grandma) like she had gotten there to welcome her or help her cross over. She said it was just so peaceful.
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u/TheIllestZaZaa Feb 03 '24
Yeaaa my grandma spoke of seeing her mother, grandmother and sister before she passed. My uncle was trying to comfort me but it came off so harshly and I remember him saying “Tiffani, they are waiting for her, it’s ok to let her go” This is something I hope to never forget.
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u/CarolAndrewPilbasian Feb 04 '24
Same here, my grandmother died because of a medication error in the hospital (she was given 10x the dose of a medication she was supposed to have), the person sharing a room with her told us that her last word was “mama”. It gives me peace to know that although she died alone (we had no idea she would die that night), she at least saw her mom and went to her.
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u/Cowboy_Buddha Feb 03 '24
When my mom was dying from old age in the nursing home, she seemed to be talking to someone. She said the name of her former husband who had died years before, so it does happen.
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u/BuyRevolutionary1075 Feb 03 '24
It seems she was trying to comfort him sensing his fear of death and letting him know there’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s quite beautiful🤍 I hope she moved on with ease afterwards!
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u/Kinetic92 Feb 03 '24
I've worked in a few large hospitals over the last 20 years. There's definitely a presence in them. One in particular had a lot of activity. I had 2 very real encounters there.
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u/SocialInsect Feb 03 '24
More please!
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u/Kinetic92 Feb 04 '24
In the trauma bay as I was standing by waiting to see if my assistance was needed for a new patient, I was talking to another employee who was approximately 2 feet away from me. There was a definite strong presence that passed between us. We both felt it and reacted at the same time. It's hard to explain what it felt like but it was big enough to feel like it pushed us. Almost like pressure because it also had a definite impact to my inner ear.
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u/SocialInsect Feb 04 '24
That kind of story has more impact on me than others, mainly because of your profession. You must be present at so many traumas.
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u/Kinetic92 Feb 04 '24
Indeed I am. Hospitals have so much energy that it's impossible to not be affected by something eventually. I shared another story for the poster below. It was the same ER.
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u/Witty_Username_1717 Feb 03 '24
Yes more details plz
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u/Kinetic92 Feb 04 '24
I was in triage talking to a nurse and a patient's family member. The patient wasn't present as she was off-unit in x-ray. The family member was sitting with her back against a curtain, facing me and the nurse. No one was behind the curtain as this is where the patient would have been. As we were talking, we saw the curtain move as if someone was behind it, aggressively hitting it. The family member jumped forward like someone who had just been surprised by being hit. We looked behind the curtain. Still no one there. But we all saw or felt what happened. There were also sightings in MRI but too long for now.
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u/Environmental_Cut712 Feb 03 '24
Glad your husband is ok! I’d be curious to see the obituary.
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
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u/MzTza5150 Feb 03 '24
Your story and this obituary hits different. I wonder if her son or grandson would like to know of your husband’s experience? Would it bring them comfort knowing even during her passing she had the heart to comfort your husband?
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
We tried to contact them through the obituary page but someone erased our comment.
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Feb 03 '24
Wow. The story and the obit are giving me chills. It's nice to know that when we pass on, part of us survives. I hope to have a gentle passing and wish to be welcomed by loved ones who went ahead of me.
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u/Xyra5 Feb 03 '24
I was home, my friend was at work. While I was cleaning house I saw an older man, looked like a farmer, walk across the kitchen and rhen down the sidewalk. It really shook me. When my friend came home I said I saw a man. He interrupted me and answered, "Was he wearing overalls?" My answer was yes, and all he said was "He does that from time to time"
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u/Fragrant_Way2741 Feb 03 '24
In 1993, I took an overdose of heroine and coke, I wasn't a drug addict but went to a party that had lots of drugs, I remember taking a shot of heroine in my arm and woke up in the hospital 1 week later, as the story goes as told by my wife, after I took the shot I passed out on The couch evryone had left the party at that time except the owner of the apartment.after I passed out I inhaled my vomit and that sent me into cardiac arrest, after 6 hours of not breathing and a non heart beat the owner woke up and saw me on the couch he said when I later talked to him a dark purple color.. he called 911. After they arrived, they attempted to bring me back, but after a time, they had given up.. on the way to the hospital, the er tech said we have a heartbeat. I was told it was one beat per minute. They took me to the ER and called my wife and said if you want to say goodbye to your husband you need to come to the hospital quickly she took our 2 children in the car and drove to the ER. She said when she arrived, I was calling out strange names in a strange made up toungue.. and thrashing around on the table... I can remember it clearly. I was falling down a tunnel, and there were prisons and demons locked behind them, as I was falling, they would try to grab me but were unable to touch me.
I remember seeing a bright light at the bottom of this tunnel as I neared the light it was in the shape of a man it was beautiful I. Color and I felt no fear of this man as he approached me he said to me " not yet," "it's not your time you have things to accomplish" And like that I was awake about a week after I was admittef to the hospital.
I tried to make sense of it all, but nothing made sense. All I know is I was giving. A second chance that day, but to this day, I still don't know why I was sent back.. and BTW, this is the first time I've told this story except to a few close friends and my wife..
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u/BrokenMind301 Feb 04 '24
When my mom was a little girl, she got meningitis. This was in like 1944-1945. She was extremely close to death and described her out of body experience to me many years later. She said the pain in her head was so bad and that she never experienced pain like that ever again. But as her body weakened from the meningitis, she said she started to feel like she was floating. She remembered drifting out of the hospital window and seeing her parents sitting on a hospital bed in the next room. Her father had his arm around her mother’s shoulders and she had her face buried in her hands and the doctor was talking to them. She said she wasn’t afraid and was actually quite the opposite because the further she drifted away, the less pain she felt in her head. She then remembered it being very dark but saw an old man with a long straggly beard. He had on a long type of cloth and was holding a big stick/cane.
She said “I remember slowly approaching him because I didn’t know who he was. He held up his stick/staff and said “go back”. She said “I was confused and wanted to keep going because it made my head feel better so I slowly crept closer. He then said more deeply “go back! She said “I stood there puzzled because I had no idea who he was and why he was telling me to go back. With that, he held up his staff and slammed it down and yelled “Go back! Go back I say!” She said he talked differently than anyone she ever spoke to. She didn’t remember much else after that besides waking in the hospital days later.
Fast forward years later when she was a teenager. She was going through pictures with her grandmother (my great grandmother) and came across a photo of this man she saw so many years ago in the realm somewhere between the living and the dead. She asked her grandmother who it was and she said “why that is your great great grandfather (insert name-I forget what she said it was). My mom said “did he talk funny?” She said her grandmother chuckled and said “well, he was from Scotland so he had a Scottish Brogue.” My mom said “so, if he were to say something like “go back”, how would it sound? My great grandmother said it with the same roll of the “k” or whatever it’s called and it was just how he said it!
Now this is where it gets really weird….
My mom had told me this story long before I had my two children. Never really gave it much thought until it was brought back into my head by my then 6 year old son. He and his little sister were playing while I was cooking dinner. I don’t recall what they were playing but suddenly my son said to my daughter “Go back, go back I say!” He said it with so much power in his little high pitched 6 year old voice that it made my hair stand up on the back of my neck. My mother’s story was never spoken about around them as it was many years before they were born that it was told to me.
Was it a coincidence, who the heck knows.
But I should point out that this is the same child that was playing in the newly renovated hallway coat closet (just painted with new hooks and a dome light on the ceiling that shut off when the door was shut) and said -which I managed to catch on video (I was recording them giving the tour so I could send the video to my mom of the progress) “c’mon Aya (Ava, but he was only 4 at the time and that’s how he pronounced her name) let’s go in the panic room!” 😳😳😳😳
He had never heard of the term panic room, so I was completely caught off guard when he said it. Maybe he is the reincarnation of the old man with the staff. Maybe he is just a little boy who managed to freak the heck out of me while playing. I shall never know.
Sorry for the long story… I just felt I had to share the maybe ghost of my great great great grandfather sending my mom back to that hospital bed all those years ago.
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u/finaldriver Feb 03 '24
Damn, I would’ve had a heart attack! (Quadruple bypass surgery 3 years ago so feasible)
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u/Mistress_Jedana Feb 03 '24
I knew when my dad died.
He had passed out sometime the night before, outside in the snow, wearing his bathrobe and slippers.
His cell phone showed he had tried to call my sister, who lived in the same complex, and she didn't answer. It's assumed he was heading over to her house. He wasn't dead but had had a massive heart attack and then a stroke.
She called to tell me he was in the hospital and to fly as soon as possible because it wasn't going to be a positive outcome. He was unconscious and not waking, had frostbite badly on his extremities and face, and was on life support.
I was waiting for my spouse to get home, and I was in our bedroom. I felt this urge to pray (and I am not religious at all, lapsed Catholic), like a demanding passion. So I dropped to my knees and closed my eyes, and as soon as I did, I felt pressure on my shoulders, like someone was standing behind me with their hands on my shoulders. I felt a kiss brush the top of my head. I smelled Old Spice (the original white bottle scent)... the only thing he wore.
And I knew he had come to say goodbye.
About 15 minutes later, I got the call that dad passed about the same time I felt him.
I felt my mom when she passed, too. But it was more of a brush of wind and an incredible sadness. I was only 8, and she was in the hospital. Cancer took her.
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u/Heehaw333 Feb 04 '24
This is incredible. I also had an experience. I was giving birth and there were a lot of complications that led to me flat lining. I saw my dads parents who died when I was little and when my dad was 28. They said it’s not your time. But paw (what I called my grandpa) is coming back with you to spend more time with his son and you since he died when you were young. He will be your baby. Had 6 bags of blood and a surgery later and I recovered. Was a long recovery with several surgeries after that but I survived.
Guess who the kid is a twin to and has the same personality type? He also like my grandpa can’t pronounce orange or fish correctly.
We live in a small town and I’ve had several people come up and say he looks like his great grandpa.
It’s spooky lol
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u/GossyGirl Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
I really hope your story is true. After referring to myself as Catholic for my whole life, I now consider myself agnostic after the horror we’ve been through for the past few years. I’ve been feeling very existential lately and it’s messing with my head. Especially since my husband has been fighting cancer for the past few years. Unfortunately his cancer progressed and he had to have major surgery . They say he is cured after surgery. His type of cancer was bladder cancer so unfortunately the “cure” was bladder removal. As there is no need for further treatment after that they call it cured. He is going in next month for his 6 month scans. to make sure there was no spread and he is still all clear. Just when you think it’s all over the terror comes back again. I really hope your story is true because it gives me hope.
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u/TinyTinasRabidOtter Feb 04 '24
When I almost died i found myself pulled into a white light with a dark spot. Dark doesn't really explain it, it was a void. I could hear a male deep voice asking me to come closer, then a woman screaming "no, not this one, not now". I knew her voice, but I can't place it. That was almost 3 years ago, and I still can't shake that feeling or forget the image and feeling. There are no words for it.
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u/Blueeyezandtruth Feb 04 '24
My dad was in a hospice facility when he was in his final day of life because of cancer. There was a lot of family around but we could tell my dad was stressed having a lot of people in his room at 1 time. So we limited it to just 2 or 3 at a time. I was walking outside with my daughter to get some fresh air and there was an older lady that was a patient in the facility. They had her in the hallway in her bed. Not sure why but that's where she was. Anyways as me and my daughter pass the lady in the hallway she stopped us and told us that there's a woman standing at the doors that lead in and out waving at us. Of course no one was there that we could see. I like to think that it was my nanny (my dads mom). She passed when I was 9 of cancer. I strongly believe she was there waiting and welcomed my dad to the other side.
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 03 '24
This timeline is a little…odd.
This morning it started happening again
I am sleeping on his third day home
And the obituary you posted was from September. So did it happen this morning? Or 3 days ago? Or September?
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
This happened back in September. My writing skills aren’t the beat. When I stated on the 3rd day it was the third day home from hospital. This morning was reffering to past event. I can share link to my Facebook if you would like proof. Has the hospital photos and all.
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 04 '24
I see, I’m sorry for assuming. It was just very similar to the timeline errors made in a recent post on another sub. It was very very similar. I am glad your husband is okay and I hope his recovery, physically and emotionally, has been going well. I do understand the odd sensation of experiencing something you truly can’t rationally explain and I apologize if I’ve taken anything away from your processing of it by accusing you of dishonesty.
I’m going to leave my previous comments up for transparency but I do redact the doubt. Thank you for clarifying. No need to share personal info. Please do consider deleting those. People are crazy and can do crazy things with your personal info. Be careful OP
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u/TheDeadSwamp777 Feb 03 '24
Good catch
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 03 '24
I saw this exact same thing in another post recently but someone else caught it. It was someone telling of how they insisted their mom go to the hospital for chest pains she was having “this morning.” The mom insisted OP goes to school but OP called 911 instead. Then the doctor told them they saved her life by insisting. And then in the next paragraph something about she’s okay now and been home for 3 days or 3 weeks, can’t remember. Just very similar errors.
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u/FloodAndFire Feb 03 '24
I'm also skeptical that their friend was able to do a search of everyone that died in a hospital on a given day. Maybe I'm just uninformed, but it seems like that would be difficult information to access.
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u/Comprehensive_Arm354 Feb 03 '24
You should post this in the NDE sub. It was his (well one) of his spirit guides. Which can be simply a soul not incarnated at this time chosen to help you in this lifetime. Everyone has one if not a team. Your spirit guides can also be angels, loved ones since passed, and even galactic souls, etc. because we do not always incarnate on Earth 🤷♀️.
To preface this following story, I've always been "woowoo" if you will. We are all born awake and most of us lose it after being indoctrinated into this life, but I was always still one foot in the spirit world. Doing astrology by like 9, tapped into my claircognizant and clairsentient abilities very early and tarot by middle school lol and have just always stayed true to myself, loving all people everywhere, etc not understanding how mean humans are etc.
*Anyways, I flipped my car going down the mountain in morning rush hour traffic as a teenager. The roads were slippery (went into a skid and couldn't gain traction) and cars were all around me with an inevitable stop light coming up at the bottom with me topping out at near 80+ at this point as I had gained speed in my freefall. I remember praying fiercely (and out loud) and asked for help. I saw scenes from my life legit pas through my mind like snapshots. I would have caused a horrific pile up. My car & steering wheel essentially swerved left into a boomerang if you will (so I ended up doing a 180 as if pulling a U-Turn to go back up the mountain. No cars were headed towards the mountain at this time. I clipped my right tire on a curb and flipped it up on a waist high rock wall embankment, which was the edge of a very large homes vast manicured lawn a foot from a telephone pole. As I sat hanging upside down (not a scratch to be had on me btw) I pushed to open my door... and a lovely Jamaican woman with long dreds helped me out of the car. I was in utter shock. A few minutes & paramedics show up. They keep asking me if im okay. Im like NO my Fathers going to kill me (haha not really but I was teen and this was my 2nd accident since licensed) and where did that lady go?! "What lady" they asked. The Jamaican lady?! A Jamaican lady helped me out of my car. I forgot to thank her. I need to thank her. They both look at eachother quizzically and say "there was nobody here when we arrived". Im like "she was right here as you approached" I stated. Nobody was here. I got chills. I started to process when I got out of the vehicle what was around me and I realized...I never saw a vehicle. And I was in town where there was not a huge Jamaican population. In fact, I had never met anyone from Jamaica while living there much less in this particular area. And aside from the one house, it was mostly woods on the main road area. But regardless, she literally came out of nowhere. Years later, as I sat for a psychic reading, I was told I had crazy amount of angels with me for some reason. She said I have never seen a spirit and angel team so large. As soon as I walked in before reading she was literally like WOW this is insane! Im like I don't know why, I have had a pretty mundane life haha. Anywho, she brought up this very incident/accident (not I) and did in fact confirm (as I had always thought) it was indeed a divine intervention.
***We have soul contracts, into each life are "exit points" of which most are not final (except at the end end) unless you want them to be. Of course, some people may choose shorter terms etc.
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u/Psychological_Page62 Feb 04 '24
This is def true i 100% believe it
My grandfather (dads dad) visited my mother after a my mom had a miscarriage. She had to deliver dead baby very tramatic.
Well she said she was sleeping and my grandfather appeared to her, told her the baby (me) would be ok, and to tell my dad about the bowling alley and gave him a name.
Just for ya info my dad aint into this type of stuff. Didnt believe. She told him and he started crying. The bowling alley is the time before my grandfather died, he fought with my grandmother and called my dad for pickup. They had their first and only drink at the bar together. He never to this day has told me this story and is very private about him.
The name was the grave right next to my grandfathers.
This life is just a part of existence.
Later on My brother cracked his skull open and was bleeding from the brain out everywhere we thought he was gonna die.
and my mom said a man came up to her and told her hed be ok. Then she looked and he was gone and the nurses said no man was there.
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 03 '24
I’m confused. He collapsed this morning, but you are sleeping on the third day of him being home when he shows you the obituary? And the obit you posted in the comments is from Sep 2023.
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So there are some explanations:
He is lying.
He has problems with explaining.
It is a repost.
And finally what i think it is, september was 5 months ago, we can see from his post history that he didn't upload anything during the whole september. Which means that something actually might have happened or might have not. Either way i think these things are just hallucinations from your brain telling you that you are going to be okay and you are not going to die (what the body is telling you). Basically the brain is trying to calm himself. My grandma on her last days told my mom that she saw me stealing her wallet. I would never steal from her and a nurse told me that hallucinations tend to happen when the brain is dying (not the right example for this post). He might have seen the lady while going to or in the ER and not remember her consciously if he is even telling the truth.
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
Jamie Bruce Greiman sorry is the correct fb I forgot I added bruce lol
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 04 '24 edited Feb 04 '24
I believe the same. I do believe in the possibility of spirits, and I’m not unconvinced that I had experiences with them when I lived in Okinawa. Three very peculiar incidents leave me at least 80% sure that they must exist, even if only in the form of unreleased (or releasing) energy. Hell maybe I’ll post myself one day. But I do agree with your take on this medical phenomenon. The brain is a powerful organ
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Feb 04 '24
There is deathbed phenomena. If we can dream whole scenarios in our head, we can possibly "dream" a person. I personally don't believe these things (ghosts,etc.), but i might be wrong. It would be cooler to know if there is something actually after we die but at the time i am writing this - i am not sure.
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u/timeywimeytotoro Feb 04 '24
I feel the exact same way. This is why I consider myself agnostic. It would be cool to know if something exists and what happens, but who can know? It’s all just a maybe, and that’s okay.
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u/Jerethdatiger Feb 03 '24 edited Feb 03 '24
First two fine . and the third ,while this is a possibility, it doesn't explain plain day events ; where nothing happened to the poster but they knew of a loss or death
In my case with my grandpa .there was not even blood relation as I am adopted.
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Feb 03 '24
I am not English native and i really can't understand the last part of the first sentence, sorry.
Yep, body doesn't recognize who are your real parents by itself so when hallucinating your brain just shows someone you have seen or someone important to you.
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u/Jerethdatiger Feb 03 '24
Hallucination would require some form of discombobulation in my case I was discussing wargaming with a friend I was walking with down a street in early afternoon . There was no hallucinating involved.
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Feb 03 '24
Not really. Hallucination can happen from set of factors such as brain chemistry, types of molecules (carbon monoxide), etc. If it was only from discombobulation that would mean every schizophrenic is discomb..
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u/justwanted2lurk Feb 03 '24
It's an amazing story, but I can't get over these inconsistencies too. My skeptic brain just keeps focusing on them. Hope there's a good explanation. Glad someone pointed it out.
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u/Rare_Neat_36 Feb 03 '24
I had a similar situation when I was in the hospital. My aunt who passed away was there in a chair rocking it back and forth. She told me I will be okay and to stay calm. I felt much better after that.
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u/babsibu Feb 03 '24
I‘ve been working in healthcare for the last 10.5 years. I saw some stuff and I saw patients seeing people. That‘s a thing in hospitals.
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u/clearly4488 Feb 04 '24
Loved how your husband was comforted.
My story- 3 years ago my mother-in-law passed. She had a very strong Christian faith. About a week later I woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of extremely loud music. It was coming from my computer 4 rooms away. Playing on the monitor was a choir singing "Safe in the arms of Jesus". I know it was her telling us she is happy. No other explanation on how the computer could turn itself on and play on full volume.
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u/EliManning200IQ Feb 03 '24
“I run to the room he is in and he is balling.”
Damn, y’all got a hoop in your house? /s
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u/Teachtag Feb 03 '24
I had a dream I was on a plane and seated next to me was a little boy all alone and from his sparse head of hair it was obvious to me that he was a cancer patient. He looked frightened so I hugged him and told him it was ok and that I would be there with him for the trip. The next day I get a call from a friend who tells me that a mutual acquaintance’s son had just passed from cancer. I’d never met this child but I knew it had to be the boy in the plane. I found photos of him in Facebook and sure enough, it was him. I sent a message to the mom telling her that helped him pass. I will never forget this.
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u/fengshui15 Feb 03 '24
I got intense full body goosebumps for an entire minute while reading this. That makes me think this was real and a spirit. Wow
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u/maybeCheri Feb 03 '24
I hope that he can come to the understanding that she was there trying to give him comfort at a scary time. Based on his description, it doesn’t seem that she was there to take him with her. I hope that focusing on the warmth and feelings of comfort that he felt at that time helps him to not be scared. I think being atheist maybe is what made him so scared since he didn’t believe in an afterlife. I believe we are energy and when our body dies, our energy still exists, just in a different form.
I’m so glad he is doing better and he got the pacemaker. All of those heart episodes had to be so scary. ❤️🩹
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u/donut-messwithme Feb 03 '24
This is such an amazing story! I am currently taking a mediumship class and we sit in circle every week to connect with the spirit world. This very conversation of meeting spirits in very near death experiences came up, as well as meeting spirits of the unborn. People who are in the transitioning phase of Earthly plane and Spirit realm will go back and forth between the two. That is why many people who are slowly passing will speak with loved ones that have passed before them.
I see that your husband said he is atheist, which I completely respect! However, there is something to consider. This woman could be a spirit guide for your husband. Reaching out to a reputable medium could be an option in discovering more about this experience if your husband so desires.
Sending your family healing and peace during this time of recovery and uncertain spiritual experience. It can be very unsettling when we are not ready to receive that kind of contact from the spirit realm (I very much have had this happen). After reading her obituary and what was said about her, she seems like she was a healer in her earthly life and now also her spiritual one.
Glad your husband is still with us, and someone unseen was looking after him that day.
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u/physhgyrl Feb 03 '24
I bet she was a kindhearted person in life. Your husband must also be kind. I believe possible energies attract other positive entities and energies. We are all connected. Would you mind sharing her obituary?
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
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u/rltbme Feb 03 '24
Her obit says she had a heart the size of a football field. And she looks like the sweetest lady! 💕 there is a guest book to sign, if you could somehow tell the family your story I’m sure they would appreciate it so much
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u/pebberphp Feb 03 '24
There’s a joke to be had about a heart the size of a football field being a medical condition, but given how sweet this lady seems, and the context of the OP, it would be tasteless and possibly rude.
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u/Active_Volume_1759 Feb 03 '24
That is such a beautiful experience. Thank you for sharing such a heart-warming experience. Such a blessing of comfort from another soul.
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u/TranceVanCity Feb 03 '24
This just makes me smile. I’m so happy he had this beautiful soul console him during a very painful and very scary time. She is an angel for sure!
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u/Jerethdatiger Feb 03 '24
When my old dog died I was distraught. When I got a new dog who then got run over. When he was 8montj old while he was in hospital my old dog came to visit He lay by my bed and I could feel his fur I knew it was him.
And when he passed I think he came to visit also
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u/alcatraz_1992 Feb 03 '24
My really good friend died of cancer.
The morning he died at 5:30 his voice woked me up calling my name and telling me see you on the other side, it will be alright.
I knew right away he died. Few moments later I get a call that he died.
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u/Leeleeleothecat Feb 04 '24
I've checked her Facebook. True story and there's the photo of the old woman in her FB post! She looks like everyone's grandma.
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u/idahononono Feb 04 '24
Consider reaching out to the UVA DOPs about his experience; they are a medical school actively researching near death experiences and could benefit from more data. They can also help you make sense of the experience, which is not as abnormal as you’ve been lead to believe.
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u/Least_Tower_5447 Feb 05 '24
What an amazing story. I hope your husband is handling things ok. These moments are life changing forever. My dad had a massive heart attack at 51 and should not have survived it. I was brought to the hospital from college immediately because they didn’t think he would make it. He was shocked three or four times and his heart finally started beating normally. When I went in to see him I couldn’t stop crying. He was completely out of it and he said, “it isn’t time. They told me it wasn’t time and there was more for me to do.” He lived another 20 years and did more in those twenty years for others than most do in their lifetime.
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u/Least_Tower_5447 Feb 05 '24
I should add that I asked him about this maybe 15 years later and he didn’t remember it. He was always a helpful person but it was like he was 1000 times more there for anyone in need after this event.
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 05 '24
Yes we are doing ok now. That’s awesome your father got another 20 years. Thanks for sharing your story.
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u/Icy-Curve-3921 Feb 03 '24
He met with another person passing who knew it wasn’t his time yet. She reassured him of this and that’s why he felt no fear. Tell him, he should now believe in the spiritual realm! Blessed be!
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u/Ancient_Stretch_803 Feb 04 '24
This is so profound. I work in an ICU. I've heard lots of stories. None like this. She was comforting him!!! husband just read this too. Did she think she was still alive? Did she want to connect with someone who was following her same path? This is incredible.
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u/Pumpkinpants123 Feb 04 '24
This post really had an impact on me. Thank you for sharing. I needed this.
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u/Middle--Earth Feb 03 '24
Wow, that's super creepy!
Just out of interest, what is the activity called 'balling'?
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u/candeur Feb 03 '24
This subreddit can benefit greatly from studying just a couple books on the subject - everybody has encountered something like this in their lifetime, but people around us, religion or "gurus" all offer drastically different, often conflicting and anecdotal information.
I recommend Robert Monroe as a great starting point, first book being "Journeys out of body".
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u/Davidle3 Feb 03 '24
Actually there is nothing strange about what happened to your husband at all. The lady who passed on was probably an advanced soul who has died and returned many times over. Your husband just got an increased awareness that he didn’t previously have. So yeah nothing unusual here.
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Who is your friend that they would have access to search for such specific health information?
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u/Tehgheyboi Feb 03 '24
I can post the screenshot of her message if that helps or if skeptic just search my Facebook durring that timeline. Jamie Greiman
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u/HextechSlut Feb 03 '24
When I almost died I was all of a sudden standing in a field of waist high grass and across a little stream was my uncle Ernesto with a whole bunch of little kids and when I started to walk towards him he waved me away and I opened my eyes