Rules about electronic devices are not the same everywhere, so we don't actually know whether 8888 will have her laptop or not. I have spent some time looking it up, and different hospitals in the UK have very different policies, and I suspect different units or wards within the same hospital might have different rules, too.

8888, try not to worry too much about whether you will get to have access to your electronics or not. (I know that's easy for me to say. I would not want to be separated from the outside world either, if it were me.) You'll find out what their policy is when you get there, and whatever their rules are, they are in place to help you.

Take care of yourself.