Does smiling large make your ears get wet?

Re this neat story about the elderly lady who was in a coma for 5 years. Her first words when she came out of it were “I want to go to a Bob Seager concert.” Well, Seger visited her at the hospital. Gave her a hug. ”“I never thought I would ever see this day,” Branan said while smiling so large her ears were getting wet.”

Would do you think it would be like to wake up from a coma after 5 years? What’s the first thing you’d ask for? And would your ears get wet right off the bat?