Third times the charm?

For those of you who do not know, Scott just had his 3rd knee surgery since April of 07. He was hit by a drunk driver in 1997 and has had problems ever since. He just had his last surgery on Sept. 8 (I think) and 1.5 hours later and 32 staples he is in his room. Upon coming into his room he says to me, Hey Lisa look, he shows me his GUM!!! Before surgery he put his gum above his eye teeth, and to everyones amazement, he still had it. Anyone who has ever had surgery know that you usually get a breathing tube during surgery, and nobody ever noticed that he still had his gum. When the nurses were wheeling him to his room he started chewing his gum. The nurse told him not to chew his tongue, he would tear it up. He replied, "I am not chewing my tongue, I am chewing my gum" She about freaked when she realized he went through his whole surgery with gum. She said that this would make the history books for sure. Leave it to Scott!!!!