Amy Purdy

Yeah.

If you have any kind of weird like needle medical blood phobias, then it's probably not the story to listen to.

But anyways, so I was rushed into emergency surgery so they could remove my spleen.

And I remember being in that surgery.

So even though I was in a coma, I remember being in that surgery.

And I remember actually looking up, even though my eyes were taped shut and everything.

I remember it was a bit of an outer body experience because I remember looking up, seeing the doctor, hearing what the doctors and the nurses were talking about.

I remember the doctor, his name is Dr. Abbey.

I read about him quite a bit in my book because he's just a really important part of my life.

But I remember Dr. Abbey whispering in my ear.

And he said, Amy, whatever it is you believe in, think about that now.

This makes me want to cry.

I don't talk about this very much.

But so he said, think about that now, whatever religion, whatever it is you believe in, hang on to that right now.

Yeah.

And I remember, well, I was under, I was already under, I was in a coma.

This was kind of an outer body thing.

This was like a beginning of this near death experience thing.

So I remember him whispering that to me, you know, he's not necessarily aware that I'm

aware that he was saying that, but I remember him saying that and I remember thinking, so he said, everything, you know, whatever it is you think, whatever it is you believe in, think about that right now.