March 26th: Thanks

2007-03-27 · letter vlog · John · 1:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Nerdfighteria (also: Personal life) · mode: Personal update · tags: community lore, on location

From his bed at NYU Medical Center, John says a patient thanks people constantly out of helplessness, but thanking someone for going above and beyond is different, and thanks Hank and the Nerdfighters for their stuff-on-heads pictures; he expects to be discharged soon.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Report from NYU Medical Center: IV port, doing better since Hank's video; a patient says thank you all the time

• ★★★ John reports from NYU Medical Center, where he will stay at least one more day; he shows his IV port and says he is doing okay. — 00:00:00
• ★ John says Sarah told him to make sure viewers know he is sick. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Sarah Urist Green
• ★★ John says he has been doing a lot better since watching Hank's video, which made his week. — 00:00:00 · Hank Green

00:00:42 — A different thank-you for going above and beyond: Hank and the viewers' stuff-on-heads pictures

• ★★★ John says a helpless patient says thank you all day, for IVs, food and visits, but thanking someone for going way above and beyond the call of duty is a very different thank-you. — 00:00:42
• ★★ John says Sarah, 'the Yeti', spends 12 hours a day with him in the hospital. — 00:00:42 · Sarah Urist Green
• ★★★ John says Hank in particular, and all the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads, went above and beyond, showing him things one can put on one's head, from an ironing board to a knee-length boot. — 00:00:42 · Hank Green, Stuff on Heads

00:01:18 — Thanks, Nerdfighters; expected discharge; the eye up close; sign-off

• ★★ John thanks the Nerdfighters, saying they are made of awesome. — 00:01:18 · Nerdfighteria, made of awesome

  “You guys are made of awesome.”

• ★★ John expects to get out of hospital fairly soon, either tomorrow or Thursday, if things keep progressing as they have. (hedged) — 00:01:18

• ★★ John shows his eye up close, saying it is way better, with much more white showing. — 00:01:18
• ★ John hopes to see Hank's video tomorrow from the hospital, and says Hank will see him on Thursday at 88th Street. (hedged) — 00:01:45

Threads in this video

• update · John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — 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. (00:00:00)
• callback · John's wife Sarah as 'the Yeti' (2007) — John calls Sarah 'the Yeti', who spends 12 hours a day at the hospital with him. (00:00:00)
• thanks · Hank asks viewers to put stuff on their heads (2007) — John thanks Hank and the viewers who sent pictures of stuff on their heads for going above and beyond, and the Nerdfighters for being made of awesome. (00:00:42) → refers to March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads!

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John's orbital cellulitis and hospital stay (2007) — told 10×, last update 2026; last: mentioned, 2026-02-14

Mentioned

Central: Stuff on Heads

Also: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · made of awesome · NYU Langone Health · Ron Weasley · Sarah Urist Green

Replies to

• answers · March 26th: Stuff on Everyone's Heads! — “since I watched your video”

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