Jaundice is officially my sworn enemy! Penny has struggled with Jaundice for almost the first two months of her life. This is her in the hospital on the 10th. She was only a day old and had to be under the lights and on top of a lighted blanket. She was miserable the whole night and my mom stayed up with her so that I could sleep. It was very sweet! She cried pretty much all night. The next day, they did a Bilirubin level check and she was cleared to go home! YEAH....or so we thought...
We went home from the hospital on Wednesday, August 11th. We were so happy to go home with our bundle of joy. Well, we had a follow up with the Doctor on base on Friday. Her levels had gone way up. We got sent back to the hospital that night. We could not simply be admitted to the hospital either...we had to go to the ER. So, my baby that was not even a week old had to be exposed to who knows how many diseases in the filthy, grimy, disgusting ER. We were very unhappy and of course I was crying like crazy! We were admitted to Pediatrics and stayed until Sunday morning (August 15th). Her levels had gone down and we had begun supplementing her feeding with formula to help get rid of the excess Bilirubin in her system. All was going great! Or so we thought...
This picture is in the ER. Yup, we were sent back to the ER on Tuesday, August 17, after her levels were still shown to be going up. Luckily, by the time we went to the ER, her levels had fallen from earlier that day. Penny was given an IV to make sure she was hydrated. She didn't even cry when they put it in. We were able to go back home that night! Luckily, we have not had to go back to the ER again. Her levels stayed at relatively high levels but never rose again. She stayed looking very yellow for a long time. She is just now looking pink and her eyes are white again! We are thankful this mess is over!
Jaundice is officially my sworn enemy! Penny has struggled with Jaundice for almost the first two months of her life. This is her in the hospital on the 10th. She was only a day old and had to be under the lights and on top of a lighted blanket. She was miserable the whole night and my mom stayed up with her so that I could sleep. It was very sweet! She cried pretty much all night. The next day, they did a Bilirubin level check and she was cleared to go home! YEAH....or so we thought...
We went home from the hospital on Wednesday, August 11th. We were so happy to go home with our bundle of joy. Well, we had a follow up with the Doctor on base on Friday. Her levels had gone way up. We got sent back to the hospital that night. We could not simply be admitted to the hospital either...we had to go to the ER. So, my baby that was not even a week old had to be exposed to who knows how many diseases in the filthy, grimy, disgusting ER. We were very unhappy and of course I was crying like crazy! We were admitted to Pediatrics and stayed until Sunday morning (August 15th). Her levels had gone down and we had begun supplementing her feeding with formula to help get rid of the excess Bilirubin in her system. All was going great! Or so we thought...
This picture is in the ER. Yup, we were sent back to the ER on Tuesday, August 17, after her levels were still shown to be going up. Luckily, by the time we went to the ER, her levels had fallen from earlier that day. Penny was given an IV to make sure she was hydrated. She didn't even cry when they put it in. We were able to go back home that night! Luckily, we have not had to go back to the ER again. Her levels stayed at relatively high levels but never rose again. She stayed looking very yellow for a long time. She is just now looking pink and her eyes are white again! We are thankful this mess is over!
