But here, imagination and invention came to the rescue. The Veterans 'Hospital doctors developed a procedure by which Safiah's entire body could be weakly anaesthetized without causing an allergic reaction that could have been expected from local anaesthesia. The procedure worked.
他們所做的措施包括：儘量避免使用刺激性較強的麻醉劑、事先注射預防嘔吐的針藥、施行全身麻醉（一般的眼科手術只需局部麻醉）等，務使手術中，發生嘔吐或引起其他併發症的可能性降至最低。