It was crazy for the poor kid. A week of staying home and essentially sitting on the couch.
The doc put a patch on it that had a bunch of little holes, so it let through some light but he couldn't see well.
Then - no reading, no watching TV, no playing video games. Like you say - essentially sit there and stare into nothingness for at least a week. Doc said no going up or down stairs - nothing that could possibly cause any kind of motion.
That stuff is no joke.