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John's eye illness and hospital stay (2007)

story · status: retell

About: NYU Langone Health, orbital cellulitis

date event what video
2007-03-26 update Hank hopes John is feeling better, as he last heard, and the video ends with wishes that John's eyeball gets better. March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! 00:00:10
2007-03-27 update John reports from NYU Medical Center, on an IV and expecting to stay at least one more day, doing better; he expects discharge Wednesday or Thursday and shows his improving eye. March 26th: Thanks 00:00:00
2007-03-28 update Hank hears John is feeling better; he had been really worried after looking up the disease, orbital cellulitis, which penicillin now makes rarely fatal. March 28th: Taxes 00:01:13
2007-04-11 update John films himself at the eye doctor again, saying he is always there and is now more an ophthalmological patient than a writer. Brotherhood 2.0: April 10th: Role Models 00:00:10
2007-08-29 retell The song recalls that John's eye got infected this year. August 29th: Goodbye 29 Year Old John 00:01:17
2009-04-22 retell John jokingly recalls his March 2007 hospital visit for an eye infection, claiming they installed robot eyes. Question Tuesday 00:03:31
2012-09-14 retell Hank says John has missed only one scheduled vlog day, because he was in the hospital; a clip of John says 'I'm sick, that's my IV port.' 1000 VIDEOS!!! 00:02:39
2013-04-09 retell John recalls his March 2007 hospitalisation with an infection behind his eye: not life-threatening, but at 2:30 one morning he thought he was ready for death. Inside North Korea 00:02:10
2013-10-08 retell Listing hospital stays on the insurance form, John names his orbital cellulitis. Applying for Health Insurance: Then and Now 00:04:06