Well, you won't need much in ICU, I had a marker board to communicate and basically if I wasn't sleeping I would watch a few minutes of tv. When I moved out of ICU to RCU I had books, coloring books, my computer, magazines, etc. Get a lap desk for your computer. It has a soft underside and a hard top. You can get them from barnes and noble or off amazon. My mom would turn on the tv every time she was in the room and she would put it on HGTV and to this day, almost a year later I can't watch HGTV. I got really bored toward the end of my 11 day stay, so good luck staying entertained! Go on a lot of walks while you are in there. That was a good bit of entertainment.