I have the first kobo aura. Probably not the best, doesn't have buttons, colors, etc., but I've had it for 12 years and it stills works, a charge give me one or two weeks of reading. I use it with calibre, I don't remember if I made an account.
So, about durability, this is a solid one, because I don't take care of it. It doesn't even have a protection. I don't know if new kobos still are this quality.
Making fun of crazy people at their worst may sound fun, but it's fucking ableist and sanist. A woman "permanently assigned to the fixation room", even if not fixated is a failure from the staff, not a joke.
Maybe you deal what you saw with humour, but those are real people, and a public post.
I do nothing. I worked so hard for this! All those years sleeping my ass. All this time petting my cats. I had some jobs but, luckily, it stopped before it became a habit.
I have something to add to the good advises you received: do a little pile with the katkor, so your cat can scratch in.
When mine doesn't want to pee in, I put his classic litter in the box, a litter bag over it, and the katkor over the bag, but that only works if your cat doesn't pierce the litter bag.
Keep the pee in the fridge if you have to wait before bringing it to the vet.
She went on the roof by a roof window, and she walked on this window. So it closed, and she was trapped on the roof for hours. The window was not accessible, we thought. She once fell on a cactus trying to reach this same window.
I don't want to be rude, but I just share something about my body being not unique but uncommon, I don't seek any help or diagnosis, I already have what I need.
I needed to pee. I had to bring a doctor's note saying that, yes, I needed to pee.