She Went In For A Routine Surgery, But She Woke Up In The Middle Of It All

After going in for a routine surgery, Donna Penner slowly woke up. "Oh good, it's over, it's done," she thought. Then she heard the surgeon ask for a scalpel. Horrifyingly, she was wide awake and the hour and a half long ordeal was just beginning. It sounds like something from a horror movie or nightmare, but according to the Royal College of Anesthetists, "accidental awareness during general anesthesia" happens in roughly one in 19,000 operations. Although patients are awake, they are not able to speak or move due to the effects of muscle relaxants. Instead, they are forced to silently...

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