Had a friend who was an anesthesiologist. He told me quite a lot about it. Various chemicals and gasses are used, and have to be quite precisely tailored to individual patients. XLNT nurses are crucial to the process. They closely monitor many meters, gauges, and patient responses, and a fraction of mistake can be deadly. "Putting someone under is easy, the challenge is getting them out in the same condition." You can easily kill patients or leave them with compromised mental and/or physical functioning.
So, for someone as shot up as Scalise, I can see how it required an "amazing" anesthesiology team to keep him alive and pull him through.
tyvm for that explanation. Most people-—me included-—that have surgery think of the surgery and the surgeon.
Now I have a new concern ;) ...but it is always good to be equipped with facts.
Thanks again.