On Friday, May 7th, we went to the pediatrician for Kaleo's 6 day (1 week) check up and found that he had jaundice. He didn't leave the hospital with jaundice so I was kind of blindsided by this. They did a blood test and found his bilirubin levels were too high (18) and admitted us into the hospital. He also was not pooping on his own and therefore not flushing out the toxins. As a result, he needed to be kept under this blue light 24/7 except to eat, and be given suppositories to poop! Poor guy! Daddy kept saying he looked like a "blue smurf." I just kept praying that everything would be alright and that we would be able to go home soon!
It was difficult for me to not be able to hold him except for when it was time to breastfeed him! :(
The lights were really hot and bright!
He did not like putting this mask on but it was necessary to protect his eyes from the lights.
Not even a week old, Kaleohano was already turning to his side!
I know this doesn't hurt him, but he looks so helpless under those blue lights! It made me very emotional to see him like this but the nurses said this was very common!
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