Two Chairs To Nerve Damage

A few minutes of fitful, butt-numbing sleep wedged in between two rigid hospital chairs later, and here I am! Brooke's morning Bili was 13.8, so we're still going down down to "leave this place" town.

Hopefully morning rounds will produce an answer as to "how low is low enough".

Later, peeps...

Bilirubin Blues: The Sequel

Hi fellow travelers in space and time,

This afternoon we find ourselves in the hospital. Brooke has been admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Beaumont Royal Oak. She had a checkup at the pediatrician today and her Bilirubin level was very high (23 mg/dL). She's also very dehydrated.

So we have a team of nurses and a few doctors all to ourselves now. I've never seen this much attention in a hospital before. Brooke has not one, but two big hardcover chart books with her name on them.

All of this attention is scary to us, to say the least, because when Maddie went through this it was in the regular hospital. We've been admitted to the world of really tiny babies in incubators. Everyone is working on Brooke very fast.

Our girl is now under the UV lights, has an IV in her head, and they are evaluating her for possible blood transfusion if her bili level doesn't nosedive fast.

It's really scary. I'll let you know what happens.