I'm sure there will be those who will attempt to explain all of this away in sterile scientific ways, and maybe they're correct. All I can say is...I don't know. I've seen and experienced some really strange stuff during my medical career. Here's one such story:
As a fourth year trauma chief resident, one summer evening we got a call about a freshwater drowning coming in via helicopter. The teenager was unresponsive and in arrest on arrival. We performed our standard trauma resuscitation and got him up to our trauma ICU. I had no expectation for this young man to survive, in fact, I left my shift that morning fully expecting him to have passed away by the time I came on for my next shift in 48hrs. When I came back on, I made my way through the ICU's, just to see what issues we might have that night and try to stay ahead of any problems, you see the units were run by junior residents at night who reported to me. As I walked through the trauma ICU, I hear "Hey Doctor Reed". I turned and saw the young man from the drowning. Initially, I was shocked he was still alive, but then I thought "How the hell does this kid know my name?" He then proceeds to tell me and the entire trauma team EXACTLY what had happened in that trauma bay and even could quote to us the conversations we had had that night around him. I was freaking stunned. When asked how he knew all of this, he responded "I watched it all from above all of you, looking down on myself". Now...I don't know what to make of that, I can't explain it, and I don't know that I ever will be able to explain it. However, I truly believe there is something within us that passes beyond this mortal coil. I'm sure some will laugh and pooh pooh the story but it's definitely true and one of many I've personally experienced.
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