Ora C Son's NDE

Experience Description

This is not my experience, it was my son's. He is not here to tell the story but after many years of thinking about his experience, I feel the need to share.

In 2015, my son suffered a heroin overdose in Chicago. I was informed by the doctors that his heart was only working at 10%, his lungs were collapsing, and he was in a coma for 10 days. I was there every day. On the tenth day, the doctors informed me that they would start to "turn off" the ventilators keeping him alive to see if his body would react and start to breathe.

After a few trials, my son came back to life. Little by little he started to make noises and to breathe.

As soon as he woke up, he looked at me and told me with extreme urgency: "Mom, mom, you are not going to believe what I saw!"

My son did not wake up disoriented, did not ask normal questions about what he was doing at a hospital or anything else, he just wanted to tell me what he saw.

He described being with a little girl. He described her as Dora the Explorer. She was Hispanic, about five years old, brown hair and eyes. She told him that it was not his time to go there. He needed to come back to be with his siblings and mentioned the names of his three siblings.

Back at the hospital, he woke up, told me this, and I imagined the little girl was probably a deceased great grandma. I really hoped that after this experience he would stop using and abusing heroin. I was wrong. A few years passed, this was all forgotten.

My son came to visit with a new girlfriend. We were in the living room and I brought out a photo album to show the new girlfriend the pictures of our family. Suddenly my son stopped talking after opening a page. He looked at me and I got it.

Without ever talking about it, I asked: "Is that the little girl of your experience?" He told me, "Yes. Who is she, mom?"

I said, "That's me."

He was looking at a picture of me graduating from kindergarten in Colombia, and I did look like Dora the Explorer. We were speechless. It was me. I was trying to reach him. Because he would not recognize me as a woman, I appeared to him as a little one.

I was trying to save him in all the realms I could.

Ultimately, he did die of a heroin overdose in 2020.

After years of thinking about this, I concluded: Up there in Heaven, there is no time. Time is only here for us alive people on earth.

Up there I can be 5 or 50, maybe this is a simulation and I am already there with him.

Background Information:

Gender: Male

Date of NDE: 06/07/2015

NDE Elements:

At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event? Yes

How do you consider the content of your experience? Entirely pleasant

Did you feel separated from your body? No

How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness? He was in a coma.

At what time during the experience were you at your highest level of consciousness? Normal consciousness and alertness

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 Clear.

Please compare your hearing during the experience to your everyday hearing that you had immediately prior to the time of the experience Clear.

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

Did you pass into or through a tunnel? No

Did you see any beings in your experience? No

Did you encounter or become aware of any deceased beings? Uncertain
My son saw me and listened to me, but I was a young child.

Did you see or feel surrounded by a brilliant light? No

Did you see an unearthly light? No

Did you seem to enter another world? No

What emotions did you feel during the experience? None.

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 understand everything? No

Did scenes from your past come back? No

Did you reach a boundary or limiting physical structure? No

Did you come to a border or point of no return? No

God, Spiritual and Religion:

What was your religion prior to your experience? Unaffiliated - Nothing in particular - Secular unaffiliated

Have your religious practices changed? Uncertain
N/A

What is your religion now? Christian - Catholic
My son did not believe in God prior to his experience.

Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was entirely not consistent with the beliefs you had at the time of your experience
My son told me prior to this overdose event that he didn't believe in God.

Did you have a change in your values and beliefs because of your experience? Uncertain
My son is not alive.

Did you seem to encounter a mystical being or presence, or hear an unidentifiable voice? No

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.)? No

During your experience, did you gain information about premortal existence? No

During your experience, did you gain information about universal connection or oneness? No

During your experience, did you gain information about the existence of God? No

Concerning our Earthly lives other than Religion:

During your experience, did you gain special knowledge or information about your purpose? Uncertain

During your experience, did you gain information about the meaning of life? Yes
"It is not your time yet, you have to come back for your siblings."

During your experience, did you gain information about an afterlife? Yes
"It is not your time yet, you have to come back for your siblings."

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? No changes in my life
My son is not alive. This is his experience. I am just sharing it.

Have your relationships changed specifically because of your experience? Uncertain
N/A

After the NDE:

Was the experience difficult to express in words? No

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
My son was clear and wanted to tell me about this event with extreme urgency. He did not ask questions about anything else.

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

Have you ever shared this experience with others? Yes
As soon as my son woke up from a 10-day coma, he shared this experience with me.

Did you have any knowledge of near death experience (NDE) prior to your experience? No

What did you believe about the reality of your experience shortly (days to weeks) after it happened? Experience was definitely real
Very real.

What do you believe about the reality of your experience now? Experience was definitely real
I believed him.

At any time in your life, has anything ever reproduced any part of the experience? Uncertain

Did the questions asked and information that you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience? Yes

Anything else to add? To clarify: I am a mom who is surviving her son. He died of a heroin overdose in 2020. In 2015 he had another overdose, ended up in a coma for 10 days. When he woke up after 10 days, he told me his NDE and most importantly the message he was told by me (age 5).