Jaundice
So after the first two days in the hospital, the Pediatrician will come to you and say, "your child's bilirubin count is up, he has jaundice". And so then he'll go under photo therapy for the next couple of days. Luckily, Evan has been nursing really well and he's had lots of wet and dirty diapers. So hopefully the jaundice will go away soon. We had to order a set of lights for the house to keep him on as well.
Here he is getting his first light treatment in the nursery.
They put him under two banks of lights, one underneath, and one on top. At home he just has the lights underneath. But he is supposed to spend almost all of his time on them. So its a bummer that we can't ho him as much as we'd like.
Here he is getting his first light treatment in the nursery.
They put him under two banks of lights, one underneath, and one on top. At home he just has the lights underneath. But he is supposed to spend almost all of his time on them. So its a bummer that we can't ho him as much as we'd like.
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(Lizzie had to go back to the hospital. Mimi had jaundice too and was pretty yellow, but she kept eating and pooping, so they said she'd be fine. I was happy not to have to put her in the box.)