Carol Weihrer's nightmare began in 1998. Not while she was sleeping, but when she woke up. "I heard, 'cut deeper, pull harder,'" she says. She woke up in the middle of surgery to remove a damaged eye, ...

(CNN) — “I was awake but paralyzed,” says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. “I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to ‘cut deeper into the eye,'” she says. “I was ...

It was the music that first weaved its way through Carol Weihrer's dulled senses, a faint beat carrying distant lyrics that ebbed and flowed from her consciousness. As the music became clearer, a keen ...

During surgery to remove a damaged right eye, Carol Weihrer woke up. "I was totally awake and aware," she says, "but completely unable to communicate or move in any way at all. …I heard the surgeon ...

“I was awake but paralyzed,” says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. “I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to ‘cut deeper into the eye,'” she says. “I was screaming, ...

8/3/2008 ST. LOUIS Whether you'll wake up after surgery is one of the biggest fears, but some people wake up during surgery. It's called anesthesia awareness and when it happens in the operating room, ...

“I was awake but paralyzed,” says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. “I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to ‘cut deeper into the eye,'” she says. “I was screaming, ...

Seven years ago, Carol Weihrer, a flutist and office administrator, had her right eye removed. Weihrer had been living in pain from a severely scratched cornea for years and had already undergone 17 ...