Jaundice.
Ugh. Do you remember? I certainly do and these are not fond memories of when Stella first came home.
She had a bit of jaundice in the hospital but it seemed to be under control so they allowed her to go home. However, things did not get better. Our beautiful little baby girl was yellow. She had yellow eyes! (insert A Christmas Story reference here). We were worried. Mainly that they'd admit her back to the hospital and we were by no means ready for that.
Luckily for us her jaundice was still at a level where home therapy was an option. Enter the bilibelt. Surely you remember that, if not check it out here. We wrapped her up, plugged her in, and we were the proud new parents of a newborn glow worm. Sure it was bulky. Sure it was bright. But it certainly did the job. After a few days her color was back to normal and the bilibelt was returned.
Jaundice = drama. Infant-related drama that I wouldn't wish on anyone. It is no fun. Sadly, as problematic as our experience was, I know that there are some parents who don't have it as easy as we do. They have to have their babies in light therapy in the hospital. They deal with other jaundice related problems. They're in my prayers. Ugh.
All is well, 10/26 down, in Drosche Land.
Thankfully we never had to deal with jaundice.
ReplyDeleteLucky you! :)
DeleteHave been enjoying your posts.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't been blessed with our own but have lots of kids in our family :)
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Thanks so much, I'll head on over and check them out!
DeleteMy daughter has jaundice when she was born. She ended up staying an extra night. That was tough for this Momma.
ReplyDelete~Naila Moon
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Yikes! Sorry to hear. I bet it was rough!
DeleteJaundice is so frustrating. My daughters both had it. They were fine when they were born and then before we left they had a mild case. Fortunately we didn't have to worry about doing anything special, but the extra worry certainly isn't fun.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to be more common than I'd thought. Luckily Stella was the only one we had to worry about it with. The other two had their share of other drama though!
DeleteThanks so much! Nice to meet you too! :)
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