If you want to produce a true redhead you need two people who carry a recessive gene called chromosone 16. When they come together you end up with a mutation in the MC1R protein and there you go....a redhead is born! <\/p>\n
What that means for the child goes well beyond a fear of the sun and an inability to wear pink. <\/p>\n
First off, the dentist! <\/p>\n
I used to drive mine mad. I was always crying and trying to push them away when I was a kid. It hurt so much! Even though they gave me the shot, I could feel every pinch of the clamps and my gums would scream! As I got older I got more vocal. \"I'm not frozen!\" I would say and they would give me a second shot, or a third. Once I was given the maximum amount allowed and then sent home as I could easily feel what they were doing. I couldn't explain it then but I can now. <\/p>\n
More on my vindication can be found here. <\/p>\n
I also remember getting my tonsils out. Not the whole operation, but more than I should remember. I remember what the OR looked like and I remember being awake, and in pain, as I was wheeled out of the OR and being taken to recovery. I was told it was all a dream. Or was it? <\/p>\n
Go forward 20 years and I'm a week away from having my gallbladder removed when a coworker tells me they heard of a study showing redheads waking up during surgery isn't uncommon. I'm a Librarian! I started to research and guess what?? <\/p>\n
The University of Louisville did some studies on redheaded women (only women, they didn't want to mix up the genders) and how they related to anesthetic. <\/p>\n
MedScape <\/p>\n
With this research in hand I went to see my Doctor and he laughed. I spoke with the anesthiologist who was putting me under and he said he was used to redheads. They put me out before 8am on a Tuesday with assurances to talk with me in the afternoon. Too bad I didn't come out of the anesthetic until Wednesday! None of the nurses or the attendings thought it was unusual. \"It's the hair\". <\/p>\n
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