hey-go back early, tear something open, get peritonitis, be sick as a dog for weeks instead of just a few days-don't blame you for having cabin fever, but just wait it out!
did you do anything like model building when you were a kid? maybe have your wife pick up a model to put together-or the old standby-puzzles!
when my hubby broke his leg, we got a scale model of a sailing ship-you had to put it all together right down to the planks on the sides! trouble was-he got well too early! now it's collecting dust in our basement...