It's almost like time stood still; I laid there drenched, yet warm, calm and partially aware. I could feel something pressed against my chest but I couldnt quite move.

I'm speaking but nobody hears me! "Hello, can you hear me?...I'm right here!!!" I see panic on the face of my brother as he clings to a blanket with tears in his eyes. Random people are yelling at me "stay with me", "can you hear me, stay with me!" The sketchy sounds of their voices are drowned out by this awfully loud screetching sound. I panic and try to move but I cant, there's too much motion going on around me and i have no feeling in my legs or arms...oh gosh, am I paralized?!?...

All of a sudden, everything goes quiet. The pressure on my chest stops, my brother and the people, they all disappeared! -And that's when I woke up

My eyes are heavy but I find the strength to open them. I lock in on the precious, worried face of my mother as she overwhelmingly burst into tears, rubbing my head and repeatedly saying "my baby, thank God, my baby, you made it." Only I would respond by puking, what felt like all my insides, all over the floor right next to her feet. "What's going on?" is all I could utter. I'll never experience a more intimate moment than when my mother hugged me with all he might & whispered in my ear "We thought you were gone, I thought my baby had drowned."....