Our little angel was diagnosed with Jaundice and had to spend two days in the NICU under the special lights and photo therapy blanket. This happens when the liver is not properly discarding of bilirubin and red blood cells. This caused us to half to be on a pretty rigid schedule which only allowed us to hold her when we were feeding, we had a half hour max every three hours. Although this is common in newborns, this was tough to stomach at first, but it got easier as we tried to remember that God is the great Physician and that he would see her through. After her levels dropped we were discharged to come home, then she rebounded, so we had a special blanket delivered to the house. She had to be wrapped in the blanket at all times. We call her our little glow worm! After being poked and having blood drawn every day, she is finally at a low risk level... Praise Jesus!
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