Thanks for sharing. It must have been a few stressfull days. I had my (different) ereader defective twice and I just was so sad after it happened.
I don't ever take any gadget in bath with me, or on the beach. In emergency (which?) one can always switch to text-to-speech and have the Kindle read to you from outside the tub, or play an audiobook.
I know; it can be done with a ereader in a ziplockbag in bath, and all that.
But even when you're very very carefull with your things, accidents may happen. I once dropped my Kindle---was lucky enough to have a sturdy cover so it survived.