[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> AND NOW, AN INCREDIBLE
INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES "SHE'S
GOT FAITH" WITH THE QUESTION,
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
STEPHANIE ARNOLD SAYS SHE KNOWS
THE ANSWER BECAUSE SHE WAS DEAD
FOR 37 SECONDS.
SHE FLATLINED WHILE GIVING BIRTH
TO OUR SECOND CHILD.
AND A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER DEATH FOREVER CHANGED HER
LIFE.
>> I KNEW 100% I WAS GOING TO
DIE GIVING BIRTH TO MY SON.
I HAD PREMONITIONS FOR MONTHS,
DETAILING HOW IT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN.
THEY WERE TERRIFYING.
I TOLD EVERYONE WHO WOULD
LISTEN.
AND THEN, IT HAPPENED.
I GAVE BIRTH TO A HEALTHY BABY
BOY.
AND THREE SECONDS LATER, I DIED.
I HAD AN AMNIOTIC FLUID
EMBOLISM, WHERE AMNIOTIC CELLS
GET INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
IN MOST CASES, YOU DON'T
SURVIVE.
I FLATLINED FOR 37 SECONDS.
HAD A HEART ATTACK, ACUTE KIDNEY
FAILURE, A HYSTERECTOMY AND WAS
PUT INTO A COMA.
I NEEDED PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP.
I WENT INTO REGRESSION THERAPY,
WHICH USES HYPNOTHERAPY TO TAKE
THE PATIENT BACK TO THE TRAUMA.
IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE PLAYING IN
FRONT OF ME.
I WAS ABLE TO SEE MY AN
THESEOLOGIST AT MY FEET.
WHICH NURSE GAVE ME THE CODE?
HARD TO BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE.
BUT WHEN ALL OF IT WAS VERIFIED
BY THOSE WHO WERE THERE, THERE
WAS NO DENYING IT.
THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT I DON'T
FEEL BLESSED.
AND NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT
I DON'T APPRECIATE LIFE.
>> STEPHANIE WROTE ABOUT HER
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE IN THE
BOOK "37 SECONDS."
SHE JOINS ME NOW, ALIVE AND
WELL.
GREAT TO SEE YOU, STEPHANIE.
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>> THANK YOU.
>> IT'S AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
YOU SAY YOU KNEW.
AND YOU WERE PREGNANT WITH YOUR
SON.
YOU KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO DIE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE HER WORD
FOR IT BECAUSE SHE WAS VOCAL
ABOUT HER PREMONITION, INCLUDING
POSTINGSEN FA EE EE EE EEN ON FACEBOOK.
>> IT WASN'T THE FEAR OF THE
UNKNOWN, I HAD A C-SECTION
BEFORE.
I TOLD EVERYBODY, NOT ONLY AM I
GOING TO DIE.
I NEED A HYSTERECTOMY, I'M GOING
TO HEMORRHAGE.
THE BABY WILL BE FINE AND I WILL
BE DEAD ON THE OPERATING TABLE.
>> IT ESCALATED.
YOUR HUSBAND IS A Ph.D. AND HE
IS ALSO THINKING, SOMETHING IS
WRONG WITH STEPHANIE.
BUT YOU TOOK IT TO THE POINT
WHERE YOU CALLED UP AN
ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND SAID,
HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT PERSON DID SOMETHING
CRITICAL.
>> AFTER TELLING EVERYBODY, THIS
WAS MY LAST PHONE CALL WITH A
CONSULTATION.
AND SHE SAID SOMETHING DIDN'T
SIT RIGHT WHEN SHE EXPLAINED HOW
I WAS GOING TO RECOVER.
TYPICAL RECOVERY, WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND I SAID, WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
EVENT THIS, THIS AND THIS
HAPPENS.
AND SHE SAID SHE WAS STARTLED BY
IT.
AFTER WE HUNG UP FEELING THAT WE
DIDN'T HELP ME, SHE FLAGGED MY
FILE AND INCORPORATED EXTRA
BLOOD ON MY CRASH CART IN THE
OPERATING ROOM.
>> SHE NEEDED BOTH THOSE THINGS.
SHE HAD A PREMONITION THAT THIS
PROBLEM SHE HAD --
>> A 1 IN 200 RISK.
>> IT CAN BE DEADLY.
THEY DID AN MRI.
THEY SAID, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE.
YOU'RE GOOD.
>> SHE SAID, I'M TELLING YOU,
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU GO IN TO GIVE BIRTH.
>> I GIVE BIRTH.
HEALTHY BABY BOY.
AND SECONDS LATER, I FLATLINE.
I HAD AN AMNIOTIC FLUID
EMBOLISM.
VERY RARE.
1 IN 40,000 RISK.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS,
LIKE, FOR THE CRASH CART AND THE
EXTRA BLOOD, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
MAKE IT.
SO, YOU START THE FIRST PHASE OF
AN AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM,
FLATLINE, HART ATTACK, AND YOU
GO INTO DIC, YOUR BODY'S
INABILITY TO CLOT BLOOD.
I WAS GIVEN 60 UNITS OF BLOOD OF
BLOOD PRODUCT.
>> SHE WAS GONE.
ALL OF THE THINGS HAPPENED.
SHE HAD TO HAVE A HYSTERECTOMY.
ALL OF THE THINGS SHE SAID WOULD
HAPPEN, HAPPENED.
THE HEAD OF O.B. AT NORTHWESTERN
MEDICAL HOSPITAL.
HER NAME IS DR. NICOLE HIGGINS.
I HAVE NO EXPLANATION FOR IT
ALL.
SHE HAD KNOWLEDGE -- THIS IS
MEMORY OF WHAT HAPPENED -- OF
CERTAIN EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN
THAT ROOM, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO KNOW.
WHEN YOU HAVE A C-SECTION, THERE
IS THE DRAPE.
AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU CAN SEE.
>> I SAW WHO HIT THE BUTTON FOR
THE CODE.
I SAW MY ANESTHESIOLOGIST HAD MY
FEET.
I SAW THE NURSE THAT JUMPED ON
MY CHEST.
I SAW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
OTHER CHILD IN THE DELIVERY
ROOM.
MY HUSBAND WASN'T PRESENT IN THE
DELIVERY ROOM BUT I SAW WHAT HE
WAS WEARING WHEN HE GOT OFF OF
THE PLANE.
I HEARD MY DOCTOR SAY OVER AND
OVER, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
AND I SAID, DID YOU SAY THAT?
AND SHE SAID, I DID.
BUT IN MY HEAD.
>> TELL THEM BEFORE -- WE'RE
GOING TO CARRY-OVER.
YOU SAW CONSPIRENIRES S
YOU SAW CONSPIREPIRITS.
INCLUDING ONE IN PARTICULAR.
>> I SAW MANY THINGS.
ONE THING I LEARNED IN READING
ARTICLES FROM "PSYCHOLOGY TODAY"
THAT SAY, WHEN SOMEONE HAS A
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE, THEIR
LOVED ONES ARE GOING TO COME TO
THEM.
IT'S THE PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW.
ONE IN PARTICULAR I SAW, A
LITTLE BOY.
AND IT WAS MY -- IT LOOKED LIKE
MY BEST FRIEND.
BUT I HAD NEVER MET HIM.
HE HAD PASSED AWAY WHEN HE WAS 7
YEARS OLD.
AND I SAID -- HE SAID TO ME,
TELL MY SISTER THAT I MISS THE
WAY SHE TWIRLED MY HAIR.
AND I'M, LIKE, OKAY.
MAYBE I'M MAKING THIS UP IN MY
HEAD.
I SAW THIS ON A TV SHOW.
I CALL MY BEST FRIEND AND I
SAY --
>> I HATE TO DO THIS.
I'M A MEAN ANCHOR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER TELL US
THE REST OF THE STORY ON THE
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THIS BREAK.