[Photo: Carol Weihrer]

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Paralyzed
Recorded in Washington, DC.
Premiered June 19, 2004, on Weekend Edition Saturday.


Six years ago, Carol Weihrer underwent an operation to have her right eye removed. To her horror, she found herself completely conscious but unable to move before the operation was complete. This is her story. (May not be appropriate for young listeners.)

Producer: Matthew Ozug / Executive Producer: David Isay / Funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

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Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, Weihrer's organization

History of lethal injection, from the Death Penalty Information Center



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