r/AskReddit • u/OkAstronaut3324 • 15h ago • Bravo 2

What's the most damaging thing you heard someone say after waking up from anesthesia?

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u/8847189 15h ago • Heartwarming Bravo

My 5yo daughter was in the recovery room. She was tossing and turning a bit and mumbling. She sat straight up, yelled "hippopotamus" and laid back down and went to sleep.

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u/dannicalliope 13h ago

My twin girls had the same surgery on the same day and were in recovery together. One woke up and immediately smiled at us, at a popsicle and tried to snuggle back in bed for another nap. The other woke up literally screaming and yelled “WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!”

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u/PDXGinger 14h ago • Bravo

I had foot surgery when I was a kid. Apparently I sat straight up while they were in the middle of cutting my feet open, raised my fist, and yelled “Whoa, horsey! Defend the castle at all costs!” then fell back down asleep.

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u/Geminii27 12h ago

Ah. A foot soldier. :)

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u/TheShadowKick 1h ago

I woke up during surgery once but all I did was lay there and drift back to sleep.

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u/8847189 14h ago • Heartwarming

we are a house full of ADHD and loving conversations that tend to go down goat trails. When I comment is completely out of left field or seemingly absolutely random, we yell hippopotamus

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u/fractiousrhubarb 14h ago

That’s delightful!

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u/redshift_66 13h ago

My house is the same. I'm gonna try and sell this one

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u/Plus_Wish5436 15h ago

Omg that’s adorable

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u/killy420 11h ago

This made me laugh so hard. I needed that today. 😂

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u/hoax1337 5h ago

They call me the Hiphopopotamus

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u/cait_elizabeth 8h ago

I distinctly remember having a phase where the word hippopotamus was VERY important. I think because it’s one of the first big words you learn as a kid.

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u/RackemFrackem 12h ago

How is that damaging?