My son's anaesthetist explained it like a deep, dreamless sleep for the brain, where even pain signals cannot wake you. But beta, when they wheeled my little one away for his tonsil operation, I learned the real truth: it is not sleep at all, but a carefully controlled poisoning they must reverse! The monitor shows them your heart and breathing, but a mother knows the difference in the silence. Seeing him so still, my own breath stopped until I heard him cough again — Waheguru, that was the longest hour of my life!
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