Owen has jaundice and we made 4 trips to the doctor last week to get his bilirubin levels checked. By Friday evening his levels were to high and we had to put him on bili lights to help lower his levels. He was on the lights for almost 24 hours and we were instructed to feed him every hour. My mom came up the first night and stayed up the entire night to feed Owen every hour. She was amazing and it helped tremendously. Saturday night we were instructed to take him off the lights (because his levels dropped and they wanted to see how he would do on his own). Unfortunately, we had to continue feeding him every hour until our next visit on Sunday morning. By Sunday afternoon the doctor said his levels were continuing to drop and that he no longer had to use the lights and that we could put him back on a regular eating schedule. Now we are lucky to only have to feed him every 3 hours.
Today I gave Owen his first bath since birth. He liked the warm water and was surprisingly calm.
2 comments:
Its good to hear you're doing so well. You have two handsome boys. We miss you at work and look forward to your return.
Craig
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