A beautiful young Nigerian doctor has recounted the horrific moment she woke up during her surgery.According to her she had gone under the knife after feeling a sharp pain
in her lower abdomen, but due to anesthetic failure, she woke up during
surgery.
“it all happened like a flash… I was at the salon wt my friend
Edikan when i noticed a sharp pain in my right lower abdomen. I just
brushed it off… I mean we were preparing to jet out the next morning..
So we finished and went to see a movie, now by the time we finished i
literally couldn’t walk anymore.. The doctor in us kicked in… And i
paused and quickly examined myself and elicited the signs to diagnose
acute appendicitis and they were all positive.. So we go do a scan and
it was true… Went to see a surgeon to clear me to fly the next morning
and he examines me and says “if u as much as go a lil feet in d air, the
pressure will cause rupture.. U need a surgery tomorrow..
Now
this was already 8pm on sunday. I called my Dad and explained and
called my bestie and immediately she got ready to fly down to were i was
the nxt morning. NOW TO THE SCARY PART; “MY AWARENESS UNDER ANESTHESIA”
SO I AM TAKEN TO THE THEATRE, PREPPED FOR SURGERY AND INJECTED THE
ANESTHETICS AND MUSCLE RELAXANT AND THEN MASKED AND BAGGED AND BRIEFLY I
WAS OFF AND AFTER A WHILE I REALISED I WAS CONSCIOUS BUT BECAUSE OF THE
MUSCLE RELAXANT I COULDNT MOVE.. SO I JUST ASSUMED THE SURGERY WAS
OVER… THEN I FEEL THEM DRAPE ME AND THE NEXT THING I HEAR THE SURGEON
SAY.. OKK SO WE ARE ABOUT TO START…. I AM LIKE WT!!!! WHAT DO U MEAN..
THE
NEXT THING HE MAKES THE FIRST CUT THEY PULL.. AND I COULD FEEL EVERY
SINGLE THING.. I TRIED TO MOVE SOMETHING BUT COULDNT… I TRIED… GOSH.. I
STARTED PRAYING.. I WAS LIKE JESUS HELP ME! HELP ME! THIS PAIN IS TOO
MUCH! PLS HELPPPPPP!! AND WHILE I TOT OKK ITS A LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY..
THERE WONT BE MORE CUTS… THE SURGEON SAYS OMG! SHE HAS MULTIPLE
ADHESIONS.. WE HSVE TO DO AN OPEN SURGERY.. I AM LIKE NOOOOO… GOD
NOOOOOO! AND THEN THEY START CUTTING AGAIN… LORD JESUS..HMMM.. WELL
FINALLY IT ENDED AND IT WAS MY WORST NIGHTMARE…I GOT OUT AND
TEARS WELLED UP IN MY EYES. BECAUSE FOR OVER 3 AND A HALF HOURS OF
SURGERY I WAS AWAKE! I STILL DREAM ABOUT IT… MY SURGEON AND
ANESTHESIOLOGIST KEEP APOLOGISING…TRUTHFULLY I DONT BLAME THEM BCS THEY
DDNT KNOW.. BUT IN ALL I AM GRATEFUL TO BE ALIVE AND WELL. THIS IS MY
STORY. MY AWARENESs”