I'm sorry to hear that!
I myself have had some trouble of the mouse-adjacent variety.
I was installing Linux on my laptop because Michaelsoft dropped support for windows 10 and I somehow permanently disabled my trackpad in the process. Coming at you from a USB-Trackball mouse.
I wish you great fortune in your pointing-device-hardware-maintenance. 
Consider cannibalizing the batteries in vulnerable electronic knicknacks?
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