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Osis, Karlis, and Erlendur Haraldsson. At the Hour of Death: A New Look at Evidence for Life After Death. Revised ed. White Crow Books, 2012. Chapter 13, 69-year-old stroke patient, p. 208
At the Hour of Death - 69-year-old stroke patient - Chapter 13 - Page 208 - 2012
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A 69-year-old patient suffered a severe stroke that left them partially paralyzed and in a deeply depressed state. The neurological damage from the stroke created a life-threatening situation, with the patient experiencing significant physical pain and emotional suffering. The combination of paralysis and depression characterized their condition immediately before the near-death experience, which occurred shortly before they entered a final coma and died.
The experience began with a sudden, dramatic transformation visible to observers - the patient's "face lit up, pain gone, smiling," a remarkable change from their previous state of suffering. The patient exclaimed "How beautiful," perceiving something beyond the observers' sight. They then provided a concise but profound description of their vision: "No body, no world, flowers, light and my Mary [deceased wife]." This statement encapsulated multiple classic NDE elements - the out-of-body state ("no body"), transcendence of physical reality ("no world"), perception of a beautiful afterlife environment ("flowers, light"), and reunion with a deceased loved one ("my Mary"). This experience contained no veridical observations that could be verified. The entire vision was of a transcendent, non-physical realm with no reported perceptions of the immediate environment or medical procedures. The experience was purely subjective, though its profound effect on the patient was objectively observable through their dramatic change in demeanor. The immediate aftermath was a complete transformation from suffering to peace. The patient became "released and peaceful," with all signs of pain and depression vanishing. This state of tranquility was maintained as they entered a coma and died shortly thereafter. The experience served as a bridge from a painful dying process to a peaceful death, witnessed by an observer who documented the remarkable change in the patient's state from agony to joy in their final conscious moments.
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Stroke with paralysis leading to coma (7 pts), no monitoring equipment mentioned
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