Have you ever been in a medical life or death situation?

Title. It hasn't happened to me (so far) but I'm curious.

It depends what you call life or death. I was told that as a baby I was in hospital for an infection. Later I had appendectomy; untreated acute appendicitis degenerates into peritonitis, which can be fatal. But nothing comparable to a heart attack.

@Jacana What I mean by life or death is, an instance where you clearly could've not made it. Peritonitis caused by a burst appendix falls under it since it can very well kill you. It can be accidents, it can be overdose, illness, infection, etc...

I've never been in cardiac or pulmonary arrest, but, as an infant, I had surgery to close my spine due to spina bifida, and to implant a shunt due to its common comorbidity, hydrocephalus.

18 months ago my aorta began to dissect at the aortic root. I had emergency open heart surgery and went home six days later.

My wife had a dissected vertebral artery resulting in a massive cerebral hemorrhage. Her cerebral spinal fluid pressure when over 80 mmHg. They gave her a 2% chance of survival. Fortunately, they relieved the pressure through surgery. While waiting during the surgery, the organ donor folks had us sign papers.

I try and avoid, however 1 or 2 x a year is pretty normal for me .last year was April/most of May , this May I’ll be in for 3 days . Last year was a cut that needed stitches ,that went OK except upon eating I started blowing chunks . So went to go back to hospital got 2 blocks from home a Good Samaritan found me unresponsive in a ditch and got me an ambulance . Strokes, heart attacks ,seizures, brain injuries . You name it I been through it

A couple weeks ago, 2 strains of Corona virus and 2 of pnuemonia, 3 nights in hospital but I'm up and kicking now. About 85%. 😊