Kindle spared my sanity during (heart attack) hospital stay!

delphidb96 · 09-08-2010, 01:48 PM

Yep, just about midnight on 8/28, I suffered a massive coronary. Because of 'other health complications', I ended up in ICU/CTU until yesterday. With no functional internet access, and the 'wasteland' of TV channels they allowed, I spent much of that time reading through my stacks of ebooks - pretty near 16 hours per day. Of course that meant that every couple of days I had to swap K2s so my family could take the discharged one back for recharging.

But I tell you, the K2 was a mind-saver!

Anyway, glad to be back!

Derek

Bilbo1967 · 09-08-2010, 01:51 PM

Wow, sorry to hear that

But glad to hear that you're home now and hopefully well on the way to a full recovery

Good to hear that the Kindle was good for you. I too have spent a couple of extended periods in hospital and would have gone mad if I hadn't had my books (dead tree at the time).

EDIT: A good reason as well for those people who ask why anybody needs more than one e-reader!

Fbone · 09-08-2010, 02:06 PM

Wish you a speedy recovery.

GA Russell · 09-08-2010, 02:36 PM

Glad you're back on the road to recovery, Derek!

desertgrandma · 09-08-2010, 02:42 PM

A very speedy recovery to you........

HarryT · 09-08-2010, 02:51 PM

It's great to have you back with us, Derek, especially in light of other recent events.

daffy4u · 09-08-2010, 02:51 PM

Wow Derek, so sorry about your coronary! I'm so glad you're feeling well enough to post.

Please take care of yourself and keep reading.

phenomshel · 09-08-2010, 02:52 PM

Whoa, Derek!! So glad you're back, and glad your mind is intact thanks to the Kindle! A hospital stay without my reader would probably outright kill me.
How are you doing now?

delphidb96 · 09-08-2010, 03:37 PM

Doing about as well as can be expected. Because of 'bariatric' conditions, they were unable to do angiogram to see if I needed stents elsewhere. So I'm on this massive set of meds to keep my blood much thinner - rat poison (warfarin) is *my* friend!

DixieGal · 09-08-2010, 03:51 PM

OMG!!! Get well soon!

dreams · 09-08-2010, 04:05 PM

Derek, welcome back!

I'm glad you were able to have the Kindle with you and be able to read. You will have to share some of the titles of your favorites with us.

Take it easy, follow Dr.'s orders, and take care.

kindlekitten · 09-08-2010, 04:25 PM

glad to hear you are recovering!

my Kindle saved my sanity during my knee surgery and subsequent 3 day hospital stay. I'll go ahead and share my silly anecdote that I have written about before, but what the heck, new audience...

most of the nurses had seen my Kindle and thought it was pretty nifty, but one night there was a new night nurse that was obviously from the DEEP south. typically I would fall asleep reading my Kindle and it would get tangled in the sheets, pillows or whatever. she came in for the first time when I was frantically tossing pillows around, shaking my sheets out and looking rather frantic. "Dahlin'" she drawled "whatevuh is the mattuh? What are you lookin' fer?" my extremely frantic reply was "My KINDLE!!!!! I know I went to sleep with it and I can't find it anywhere, I'm afraid it has fallen on the floor, could you look?" this poor nurse looked at me, a seemingly sane however rather drugged adult and in extreme bewilderment asked; "Your Ken Doll you say? You cannot find your Ken Doll?"

yeah....

HarleyB · 09-08-2010, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

"Your Ken Doll you say? You cannot find your Ken Doll?"

yeah....

I am never going to be able to think about Kindles again without remembering this story!

neilmarr · 09-09-2010, 03:43 AM

Get well, Derek. I was in hospital for a while in April for bypass surgery, and I know what you mean about good company -- though mine was a Sony 505 rather than a Kindle.

Over the past ten years, I've spent months in hospital with heart and vascular problems (once for nine weeks), but the reader made me almost sorry to leave my bed this last time.

In fact, I posted a thread here headed 'Get Well Slow'. At least you'll know what I meant by that. Bedside tables can carry only so many paperbacks, eh?

Keep fit, mate. Best wishes. Neil

Sweetpea · 09-09-2010, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

glad to hear you are recovering!

my Kindle saved my sanity during my knee surgery and subsequent 3 day hospital stay. I'll go ahead and share my silly anecdote that I have written about before, but what the heck, new audience...

most of the nurses had seen my Kindle and thought it was pretty nifty, but one night there was a new night nurse that was obviously from the DEEP south. typically I would fall asleep reading my Kindle and it would get tangled in the sheets, pillows or whatever. she came in for the first time when I was frantically tossing pillows around, shaking my sheets out and looking rather frantic. "Dahlin'" she drawled "whatevuh is the mattuh? What are you lookin' fer?" my extremely frantic reply was "My KINDLE!!!!! I know I went to sleep with it and I can't find it anywhere, I'm afraid it has fallen on the floor, could you look?" this poor nurse looked at me, a seemingly sane however rather drugged adult and in extreme bewilderment asked; "Your Ken Doll you say? You cannot find your Ken Doll?"

yeah....

Bah, I wake up in the middle of the night because I can't find my stuffed bear! (a raccoon, actually...) I bought it in '91, because it was sitting in the store, looking at me with those sad eyes...

And my reader is always underneath my pillow!

09-08-2010, 01:48 PM	#1
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Kindle spared my sanity during (heart attack) hospital stay! Yep, just about midnight on 8/28, I suffered a massive coronary. Because of 'other health complications', I ended up in ICU/CTU until yesterday. With no functional internet access, and the 'wasteland' of TV channels they allowed, I spent much of that time reading through my stacks of ebooks - pretty near 16 hours per day. Of course that meant that every couple of days I had to swap K2s so my family could take the discharged one back for recharging. But I tell you, the K2 was a mind-saver! Anyway, glad to be back! Derek

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09-08-2010, 01:51 PM	#2
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	Wow, sorry to hear that But glad to hear that you're home now and hopefully well on the way to a full recovery Good to hear that the Kindle was good for you. I too have spent a couple of extended periods in hospital and would have gone mad if I hadn't had my books (dead tree at the time). EDIT: A good reason as well for those people who ask why anybody needs more than one e-reader!

09-08-2010, 02:06 PM	#3
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,189 Karma: 100500000 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	Wish you a speedy recovery.

09-08-2010, 02:36 PM	#4
GA Russell Montreal wins Grey Cup! Posts: 7,583 Karma: 31484197 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Glad you're back on the road to recovery, Derek!

09-08-2010, 02:42 PM	#5
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	A very speedy recovery to you........

09-08-2010, 02:51 PM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's great to have you back with us, Derek, especially in light of other recent events.

09-08-2010, 02:51 PM	#7
daffy4u I'm Super Kindle-icious Posts: 6,734 Karma: 2434103 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Long Drive, Calinadia Candafornia Device: KDXG, KT, Oasis	Wow Derek, so sorry about your coronary! I'm so glad you're feeling well enough to post. Please take care of yourself and keep reading.

09-08-2010, 02:52 PM	#8
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Whoa, Derek!! So glad you're back, and glad your mind is intact thanks to the Kindle! A hospital stay without my reader would probably outright kill me. How are you doing now?

09-08-2010, 03:37 PM	#9
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	Doing about as well as can be expected. Because of 'bariatric' conditions, they were unable to do angiogram to see if I needed stents elsewhere. So I'm on this massive set of meds to keep my blood much thinner - rat poison (warfarin) is my friend!

09-08-2010, 03:51 PM	#10
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	OMG!!! Get well soon!

09-08-2010, 04:05 PM	#11
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Derek, welcome back! I'm glad you were able to have the Kindle with you and be able to read. You will have to share some of the titles of your favorites with us. Take it easy, follow Dr.'s orders, and take care.

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09-08-2010, 04:25 PM	#12
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	glad to hear you are recovering! my Kindle saved my sanity during my knee surgery and subsequent 3 day hospital stay. I'll go ahead and share my silly anecdote that I have written about before, but what the heck, new audience... most of the nurses had seen my Kindle and thought it was pretty nifty, but one night there was a new night nurse that was obviously from the DEEP south. typically I would fall asleep reading my Kindle and it would get tangled in the sheets, pillows or whatever. she came in for the first time when I was frantically tossing pillows around, shaking my sheets out and looking rather frantic. "Dahlin'" she drawled "whatevuh is the mattuh? What are you lookin' fer?" my extremely frantic reply was "My KINDLE!!!!! I know I went to sleep with it and I can't find it anywhere, I'm afraid it has fallen on the floor, could you look?" this poor nurse looked at me, a seemingly sane however rather drugged adult and in extreme bewilderment asked; "Your Ken Doll you say? You cannot find your Ken Doll?" yeah....

09-09-2010, 03:43 AM	#14
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,216 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Get well, Derek. I was in hospital for a while in April for bypass surgery, and I know what you mean about good company -- though mine was a Sony 505 rather than a Kindle. Over the past ten years, I've spent months in hospital with heart and vascular problems (once for nine weeks), but the reader made me almost sorry to leave my bed this last time. In fact, I posted a thread here headed 'Get Well Slow'. At least you'll know what I meant by that. Bedside tables can carry only so many paperbacks, eh? Keep fit, mate. Best wishes. Neil