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Not sure which reports are acurate, but if this is a rush, and considered an emergency, I think they just might give the boys a type of sedative, so that they remain fully alert, but keep from panicking.
When I had surgery to remove hardware from by shin bone-graft, I didn't want to be put under full anesthesia, so they did a lower body, I guess like an epidural.
Whatever they added to the IV was fabulous - I was fully alert, but not stressed or worried at all. Even when they were drilling screws out of bone and cauterizing bleeds, and I could smell the flesh burning...
I was totally fine with all of it.
I wish I knew just what that stuff was.

I wasn't euphoric, nor sluggish or anything; I was otherwise normal - but just wasn't worried.
I wouldn't be surprised if they did administer something like this for the boys.
In fact, I think I would be surprised if they didn't.
jmo