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Genre:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
Publication:
Dec 22, 2010
Pages:
109
Books by Deborah Hodapp
While in a coma, I had dreams that were so real and vivid. I asked my husband, Don, about some things and he must have thought I was crazy. When I got back home we realized they were dreams that I had in the coma. I found it amazing because I can’t even remember nighttime dreams, but I remembered these dreams and wrote them down as they came to me. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
How it all Began
On the night of April 12th 2007 my husband took me to the emergency room because I could not breathe right.I remember getting to the hospital and talking to the triage nurse.Then in an exam room where they put an oxygen hose in my nose.That didn't work,so they put this machine on my face which I later found out was called c-pap. They said I had pneumonia and my lungs were saturated.This is where things get sketchy. They couldn't get oxygen to my lungs fast enough,so this machine got oxygen to my lungs and regulated my breathing.They would put it on and I would take it off. Finally,they got Don to come in and calm me down.It worked for a while.I had a short nap but then I woke up,the machine had to start the rhythm all over again.I am trying to breathe normal and the machine keeps changing it.I could feel a very bad panic attack coming on.I looked up at Don and thats when I realized they had straped my hands down.I guess Don saw the fear in my eyes and he told the Dr. this was not going to work because it was going to cause more problems then they had now. That is when they put me in a drug induced coma.
This book is about what happened while in the coma.I will try to keep things together and will try to remember the important parts of all the little stories in the dreams that I had while in the coma.I was in the coma for nine days.
When I came out of the coma,everything appeared to be normal except things were a little hazy for the first few days and then they started to become clearer.I was released from the hospital on April 30,2007.I took it easy for about two weeks and then I started having flashbacks of different things.I would talk to Don about them and he must have thought I was crazy but never said anything to me when I described what I had remembered.After about two weeks of this I told Don that I must have dreamed them in the coma.When he why I thought that I responded by telling him that I couldn't even remember any dreams that I had in about a week or more and these weren't coming to me as dreams but as things I really thought I had done. After talking it out more with Don we realized that I had these dreams in the coma and they were now coming back as flashbacks.When I can remember night dreams,I remember them very quickly.But these were so frustrating because they came in spurts so to speak and sometimes they were mixed up with other dreams that had nothing to do with any of the other dreams I remembered.Don said I should write them down as I remembered them and so I did just that from then on.I had a notebook I carried everywhere with me so I could write down what I was remembering.It got so bad at one point that it was causing headaches because the dreams were coming so fast and there were so many of them.There are still some dreams in my memory but I can't remember them as a whole dream or even as a dream that would make sense.So the dreams in this book are true and as real as I felt they were when I dreamed them.They are very detailed and clear so that is why they appear that way in the book.
About Deborah Hodapp
I live with my loving husband in Florida. We have children who we are very proud of and grandchildren who keep us busy and happy. I am disabled with a chronic pain disease, but I don’t let that stop me from doing whatever I want to do with my life. I enjoy my life now as we are alone and I enjoy spending quality time with my husband. I truly believe in making memories with those who you love and giving back to those who love you.
While in a coma, I had dreams that were so real and vivid. I asked my husband, Don, about some things and he must have thought I was crazy. When I got back home we realized they were dreams that I had in the coma. I found it amazing because I can’t even remember nighttime dreams, but I remembered these dreams and wrote them down as they came to me. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
I live with my loving husband in Florida. We have children who we are very proud of and grandchildren who keep us busy and happy. I am disabled with a chronic pain disease, but I don’t let that stop me from doing whatever I want to do with my life. I enjoy my life now as we are alone and I enjoy spending quality time with my husband. I truly believe in making memories with those who you love and giving back to those who love you.