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  Michigan Woman Tells Story Of Waking During Surgery
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  May 03, 2005 06:11pm
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News DateWednesday, May 4, 2005 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionStudies: One Or Two Out Of 1,000 Surgery Patients Experience Awareness

UPDATED: 8:57 am CDT May 3, 2005




A Michigan woman said she is still haunted by a frightening incident that occurred during her surgery six years ago.

Kelly Haapala, of Waterford, Mich., and her 3-year-old son, Zach, were involved in a violent car crash. The boy escaped injury, but Haapala's legs and pelvis were broken and her hip shattered, reported WDIV-TV in Detroit.

Haapala was transferred to a hospital in Flint, Mich., for surgery to repair her hip.

"During the surgery, they tell you to count back from 10, and I did all that, remember going under and the next thing I remember, I woke up to very, very bright lights," Haapala said.

Haapala had woken from the anesthesia during her surgery.

"I was very disoriented, couldn't figure out where I was," she said. "I realized I was on my side, and I still kept looking around and I noticed a lot of doctors and nurses ... I started getting very scared, wondering what happened to me."

Haapala said she could see the eyes of her doctors and nurses, but they did not notice hers.

"I kept feeling scraping of the knife. After a while it became ... excruciating," she said.
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