Jason's never had surgery before, so this is a whole new experience for him. I was pretty amazed at how quickly he was out, and that he doesn't remember anything. The nurses were laughing at him because he asked them about 5 times if I had his wallet and Army ID while they were wheeling him in the wheelchair down to the car... then he asked me about 10 times on the way home. Funniest part was that we are just sitting here on the couch, and he was telling me what he remembers, and he doesn't even remember being wheeled down to the car--he thought he walked. His exact words were "ain't that some sh**". Here's a couple pictures from right when we got home.
The strings are connected to the gauze in his mouth, which has since been removed.
He says he feels retarded, but it's kind of cool at the same time and he's amazed at it all. I'm just surprised he's not passed out sleeping, but apparently the anesthetic isn't as strong as it used to be. He's still asking me questions several times though... and his sense of time is lost lol. Kind of fun, and hard not to laugh. :)
Oh yeah... and watching him try to eat applesauce was interesting... he can't feel his bottom lip, so I used a lot of napkins to make sure it didn't go everywhere, but it did anyway. He's pretty good at drinking sweet tea though... hence the title of the post.