Tips for crocheting from a hospital bed

Pack a spare crochet hook - they disappear especially in piles of hospital linen never to be seen again.
Share your scissors with the nurses because when you lose yours you can be sure to borrow theirs.
Stay on top of loose ends. You can look like a crazy person surrounded by small bits of multicoloured wool.
Even surgeons can wait for you to finish a treble cluster so you don't lose count.
Someone will tell you how clever you are. Smile in agreement and don't let on how easy it is.
Chooose an easy pattern and modify as you go. This is not the time for hairpin lace in seven colour variations. Even if you are are up to it you will get interrupted constantly.
The lighting will be terrible unless you can sneak into the operating theatre which may be frowned upon.
Bring plenty of yarn. You may have more time than you thought.
Embrace any mistakes and work with or around them. What you create is a reflection of the time you created it.
Enjoy the time!
Be kind to yourself. Look at all the other people in hospital beds. What are they doing with their free time? And what are the lucky people not in hospital doing with their free time?