Were you able to feel pain?
Yes - AWAKE - as in screaming and kicking...
Several nurses/doctors had to hold me down and the last thing I remenber was the ether mask coming down over my face...
This happened in a fairly small town where the doctors and nurses were all family friends of ours.
I got teased (good-naturedly) by them about it the whole time I was growing up.
No big deal back then, but nowadays ... they'd probably get their pants sued off.