Our poor baby has Jaundice. Its something you hear about babies having but when they get to high it can actually hurt their liver among other things. They turn a slight yellow, and their little whites of their eyes turn a yellowish tint too.
We had to experience Jaundice with our sweet Jocelyn, and that was an awful experience. She cried and cried in the "Suitcase" mostly because at that time they had to wear a ski mask looking thing to protect their eyes. Now they have that shield that will cover their face.
While they are in the "Suite Case" they have to be completely naked for the lights to work on their skin. Its hard because there isn't any heater installed so its cold. But this one does produce a LITTLE tiny bit of heat, and then we put a blanket over it to make it nice and toasty.
Her sweet little face looks so tiny in this big ole suitcase. But she's taking it so well!! I feed her and got her naked, and she hasn't fussed not one bit!! She is being so brave!!
Her heels are so bruised and bloody from being pricked so much. There is no room on her little feet to draw blood from. Its so sad to see her tiny feet so abused at only 4 days old. It breaks my heart, I just cry. Thats all I can do. But hopefully this will be the end of the stupid heel pricks and in 3 days we won't need to worry about jaundice.
She's so strong, I am so lucky to have this little girl in our family!! She has brought so much in these last 4 days I can't imagine life without her now. My tiny baby.....Sleeping away. I'm so lucky that she is sleeping through the suitcase and she can have both lights on her.
Until next time!
Cat
2 comments:
Jaundice stinks. Good luck :)
Hi, Catherine. It's Cathy, Judy's sister (her baby shower was at my house...remember me?). I found your blog on your facebook profile. Your little Baby Kate is precious. I hope she's better soon.
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