I was interviewed by Diane Atwood of “Catching Health,” about my near death experience. You can read the interview on her blog here: https://dianeatwood.com/danas-near-death-experience/ Her post is very informative and I am sharing it in the hopes that the message helps someone else.
Category: Near Death Journey
Please read… My interview with Diane Atwood “Catching Health”
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by Diane Atwood, a former health reporter for WCSH 6 in Portland and now writes her own blog about health and wellness called “Catching Health.” Please check out her blog. Here is her story from our interview… Some of the details have not been shared until now. She…
My last five toes
One week between surgeries I waited a week in between amputations of my toes on my left and right feet. The left foot was done first on Aug. 21, 2018, followed by the right foot on Aug. 28. The incisions on the first foot were given time to heal. I was expected to get up…
Health Scare
Hello everyone! As you all are aware it is cold/flu season. Everyone is coming down with some sort of virus, and no body wants to be sick! Especially when you are still battling pneumonia. I have to apologize for not posting the last couple of days; no, I wasn’t on vacation in the Bahamas getting…
Breakthrough communication gave hope
Guest Writer Dana went into the ER in the early morning hours of July 17, 2018. At that time she was struggling to breathe and turning blue. She could not talk because she could not catch her breath. Once the decision was made to bring her up to ICU, everything moved quickly. Once the oxygen…
Living with pneumonia
One of my worst fears is coming down with a cold and struggling to breathe. The doctor told me I would go into a panic when it happens. The pneumonia isn’t going away quickly. There was no change at my last six-week visit so the doctor took me off the antibiotics for the pneumonia. Seems…
Medications that kept me alive
From July 17, 2018, also known as DAY ONE, I have been taking multiple medications to keep me alive. Some are antibiotics for the pneumonia and sepsis. Some are for blood pressure. Some are for my heart. And some are for the nerve damage. Last week, first week in January, the doctor said I could…
Nutrition in the ICU
Nutrition in the ICU was very elusive for me. It is understandable that nutrition the first week in ICU was non-existent since I was mostly unconscious and had 14 IV bags of different medications plugged into me to keep me alive. Very understandable.
Text messages with my co-worker Aug. 13-28 #neardeathexperience
Guest Writer Still on the roller coaster. Things look bleak and then she improves. The feeding tube in her nose is being replaced for one reason or another all the time (every day!) so there is talk of putting a feeding tube directly into her stomach. There’s more talk about amputating her toes or not…
Text messages with co-worker Aug. 5-9 #neardeathexperience
Guest Writer Dana has been in the ICU since July 17. Many days she was in a medically induced fog and slept a lot. Many specialists came in to see her: neurologist, pulmonary doctors, nutritionist, physical/occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, kidney specialists, infectious disease doctors, and more. Some days we would visit her and just sit…
