Saturday, February 5, 2011

Jaundice

    We had an in-home nurse stop by today and while doing her thing she said Evelyn looked a little Jaundice.  Evelyn's skin on her face and chest are a little yellow, as well as little girls eyes.  So we did some tests and they said she needed to "light therapy" for 24 hours for maybe 1-3 days, and that she has to always be on the light except for feedings, changings, and comforting if need be (but we have to try and keep it brief).  This is soooo upsetting to us, we just want to hold her and love her so much.
    She's being a trooper though, we just hope she doesn't have to go more than 24 hours, the nurse will come by tomorrow around 10am-11am so hopefully it'll start looking up sooner than later.  She also has a doctors appointment on Monday at 8:55am so hopefully that goes well also.  It really sucks seeing my little baby girl lying on that little blue table thing, just gotta do what you gotta do to get things done.  If it's going to help her we just have to deal with the fact that she's probably not having a very good time. Poor girl.  


2 comments:

  1. Ok calm down....breathe a minute! Evie is going to be fine. Jaundice is a pretty normal occurrence. Out of the four kids my sister has had, three had jaundice. The littlest one was on the UV bed in the hospital for two days. And trust me, it didn't affect her whatsoever. Small tiny bump in the long road. I really am starting to worry about what type of melt down you'll have if Evelyn is colicky. Just breathe momma. If you ever need advice, call me. I have 10 kids total! And two sisters who've popped them out for me. With all that knowledge, you don't need to panic my lover!

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  2. haha, ok. it just really sucks though, i want to hold her and love her and cuddle her soooooooo bad. but i do every chance i get, my little lady has to leave the blue bed to poop and feed so then she's mine.

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