I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell - Mount Emei, China

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death is a memoir written by Maggie O'Farrell in which she recalls 17 instances in which she had nearly died throughout her life. Each chapter is named by the part of the body that was compromised in the near-death experience and the year each instance occurred is listed next to the chapter's body-part title in the Table of Contents. In Chapter 12: Intestines (1994), Maggie is visiting a small town in China. She becomes extremely sick, particularly with stomach pains, and one night begins throwing up uncontrollably-- specifically blood and substance of a "meaty" texture. She becomes dangerously dehydrated and develops a fever. It is discovered that Maggie picked up an amoebic parasite on Emeishan mountain, a famous Buddhist landmark. A few months later after returning to London, she is sent to a Hospital for Tropical Diseases because she is still pale, anemic, and losing weight.