The Bilirubin Blues

Shortly after Maddie was born she developed jaundice, and we spent a full day and night in the hospital as she baked under the blue glow of the Bilirubin lights. It was a strange type of hell. She cried just about 26 hours straight, with some screaming breaks thrown in for good measure courtesy of blood draws.

In a strange twist of reality, they put some crazy pseudo-sunglasses on her during this spectacle that made her look like Joe Satriani. We watched helplessly as she cried and twisted in a strange pantomime of air guitar madness.

It's all a vague memory now, fading like an old nightmare. Although Maddie will not remember, we'll never forget the day she played the Bilirubin Blues.