> In other words, general anesthesia is rough on you

Can confirm having watched our kids recover from general anesthesia multiple times.

Full disclosure: have three kids, eldest child at lifetime total of 4x general anesthesia so far (1x for endoscopy, 3x for surgery), youngest child lifetime total of two (1x endoscopy, 1x dental work). Middle child seems to have escaped so far... he asked recently what it was like, siblings answered unanimously - "terrible".