Lavonne Wells Sandberg - Post Traumatic Growth after Child Loss
What Researchers Found
The Story
Lavonne experienced a near-death-like event during her daughter Keva's terminal illness from McCune-Albright syndrome. Keva was born in 1999 with heart issues and cafe-au-lait spots, leading to multiple hospital stays and cardiac arrests at five months old. As Keva's body shut down, Lavonne felt herself transitioning between worlds, talking to unseen people. One night at home, her room filled with light, and a group of beings in one voice told her Keva would leave soon, having stayed longer than planned to help Lavonne and master physicality. In a dream, Keva asked Lavonne to be her voice and said she was ready to go. Lavonne removed life support, held Keva, and saw a blaze of light exit her crown as she died, with Keva appearing beside her. Witnesses felt the heat. Afterward, Lavonne heard Keva's voice saying she was coming with her. This opened Lavonne's life path, leading her to share stories of miracles and healing as a Reiki Master.
The account includes specific, shared veridical perceptions of heat emanating from the child's head and an audible voice at death, immediately confirmed by witnesses, with unpredictable content. However, these occurred while the experiencer was fully conscious and physically present, with no claims of out-of-body or remote access, significantly limiting evidential strength for paranormal perception.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.
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What Researchers Found
The account includes specific, shared veridical perceptions of heat emanating from the child's head and an audible voice at death, immediately confirmed by witnesses, with unpredictable content. However, these occurred while the experiencer was fully conscious and physically present, with no claims of out-of-body or remote access, significantly limiting evidential strength for paranormal perception.
Score reflects verifiable perceptions reported. A low score indicates the experience was primarily spiritual or subjective, not that it didn't occur.
Score reflects transformation as described. Domains scored 0 indicate the topic was not discussed, not that no change occurred.