my return from the dead.
Hey everybodies!
I’ve just returned from a long Greyhound trip so I’m gonna keep this short n sweet. Word on the street is my site has been down for a few days, and I didn’t even know it! Thanks to those of you who emailed me about it. I was in Northern Utah all week hanging out with friends and having good times, making music, playing disk golf, filming little skate videos and being silly! Oh yeah, and getting CPR.
I almost kinda died last night and I’m not sure why. Driving back home from a skate park with two friends, out of nowhere I started getting crazy stomach pains and waves of nausea, and there was nowhere to pull over, and before I knew it I just passed out from the pain. I’ve passed out from pain before, and come to on my own and been fine, but this time apparently my mouth clamped shut and I stopped breathing for a minute or two. All this was happening going 70 on the freeway. Thank God there were three of us, the driver was awesome and the one who wasn’t driving was also awesome and knew CPR. He did the heart-jolting thing since he couldn’t open my mouth at all, and slapped me and yelled at me until I came back. He saved my life. He’s totally my new best friend. Larry, you rule, I love you. Caleb, you too. I couldn’t have asked for two better people to have been there for me in that situation. Thank you.
Now I’m just basking sleepily in gratitude. It’s so great to be alive. I’m so lucky. I’m pretty sure that’s the closest to death I’ve ever come. I have no exciting out-of-body or near-death experience to speak of, really, but I know I was way out in space or something for what seemed like an eternity until I heard those distant voices, slowly getting closer, yelling “BREATH!” and felt myself come back from very very far away.
Anyway, I must go now. It’s great to be back. More soon.
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wow, good thing you’re alright. larry sounds like a good friend to have around. we’re glad your still with us. some of us couldnt go on with out brooke in our lives. we love ya brooke, you’re the best.
It’s all them chemicals they’re puttin’ in our grits, I tell ya.
Welcome back from the dead, Utah, and your site being down (in no particular order)!
What a come back…the whole week this has given me a blank page, and then i see it´s back, and you´re sharing this sureal episode…
Glad larry and caleb were there…i´m just so relieved you´re here…I´ll laugh in a while, i´ll go back to my normal mode…but now i´m still in shock.
You, my precious, are a rare human gift…so i just feel grateful today!
My reactions went something like :) :I :( :0 :( :0 :I :0 :) :0 ;)
Holy Crap! I’m glad you are OK. just…wow. Pretty dramatic. That is too bad you don’t have any cool near death experiences to share. Maybe your website does.
geeezus! err, I don’t think that talking about this episode to a man or woman of the medical profession would be over-reacting. look after yourself kiddo, we don’t want to loose you now….. or ever, really.
Wow guys, thanks for all the concern and everything! Yeah, I’ll head to a doctor sometime this week when I can swing it, just to get things checked out. I was reading up a bit at work… (during my break…. yeah… that’s the ticket)… and the symptoms seemed to point to some kind of anaphylactic shock. I can’t make sense of it, though, based on what little I’d consumed that day being nothing I haven’t consumed before without incident. Oh well, at least I don’t seem to be brain-damaged as a result, which means I probably was only out for a minute or less. Woo!
im really glad you’re here (there, actually, but here anyway) and that you are ok… and although this story is something that everyone would put on their pages, the fact that you come to us so quickly, when you’re still recovering, and take the trouble of answering to all of our comment makes it worth the fact that when i read what happened to you i immediately felt a knot in my throat…
it is amazing to know someone can feel this way about someone they dont know personaly…
we should make some huge hippie gathering sometime and get to know each other, spend time toghether making music, and so on… it would be easier for the ones living in the US, i wold have to work harder but it would pay off…
Shit Brooke, I’m glad your okay! You seem to be handling it pretty well - I found it difficult to function without being able to check your site - thanks for staying with us. You should write a song about this!!! A whole album could be built around that 2 minutes of your life/death.
You were quite clearly… too far gone
dont die or anything!
You have an angelic voice but you are way too young to fly with the angels. Glad to hear that you’re alright. Please stay away from death. Take care.
the brooke’s second coming.start your own religion now.we’ll spread the word. but damn, we could made money with your demos. glad you’re ok. now you can appreciate time a bit more and finish your ep.
That is some spooky shit Brooke .. just out of nowhere :S .. I hope they find what caused it so that you can get on with everything safely again without worrying for another episode of it all ..
Anyways! I would have been completely heartbroken if I came here and found out that anything happend to you brooke and I’m glad you had such good ppl at your side who could take care of you and get you back!
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It might be tiny news in contrast to what you experienced here but you have made it to #1 played song in my extremely good playlist in iTunes .. congrats! :) .. I have listen to your cover of Stray Cat Strut 64 times .. and that it not counting the times I’ve been watching your smooth moves on youtube :)
Wow, that’s pretty amazing. And frightening. And quite remarkable. I am glad you’re alright!
Go see a Dr.! When something like that happens you need to get it checked out. Glad you are ok. Maybe you can write a song about this experience.
Hey girl get yourself checked out asap , not sure how the medical works in Canada as Im from the UK but whatever it takes at least get some bloodtests done and speak to a doctor .
I happen by now and again when I watch Waiting for a superman in my youtube favourites for the umpteenth time : ) and sad to hear of your bad experiance , so shocking that it came from nowhere , glad you have been fine since though but you must get yourself checked out .
All the best , your voice has that certain somrthing , its very special .
All the best and look after yourself.