This morning Angie and I took Jack to Davis Hospital for more blood tests. His little heals are so full of holes the lab technician had to search for a new spot to draw from. The pediatrician called this afternoon to say that the bilirubin levels had gone up again. He started with a reading of 11 when he was discharged from the hospital 4 days ago. It was 16.5 yesterday and 17.1 today. Dr. Owen ordered a home health company to deliver photo therapy lights this afternoon and wants us to keep Jack under them overnight. This is such a flashback for me from when Angie was born. I remember taking her to Primary Children's Hospital for blood work and coming home with just her little clothes. She had to stay there for 2 days under the lights. Things sure have changed. It's so nice that we'll be able to take care of this at home. We'll take Jack back to the hospital tomorrow to see if things have improved. I'll update then.
2 comments:
poor guy!! He looks just precious though.
Hey there! What a sweetie. He looks like a super hero! You can call him Jack Flash!!!Hee Hee! I hope his counts go down soon. I didn't know that you could have lights delivered to your house and I have had a baby in the past 3 years. Thinking of you all!
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