Saturday, April 14, 2007

The bilirubin incident.


As Dave Barry would write, "It would be a good name for a rock band." Unfortunately, it causes a bit of a complication in newborns - jaundice, brain damage, if allowed to get bad- so Maxwell got to spend another 24 hours in the hospital. Not fun.

Basically, they put him under UV lights and cranked up the temp to 88 degrees. This helps break down the bilirubin and excrete it out.

Ended up being not a huge deal, just scary. Happens to a lot of babies and everything is just fine. Plus, Max gets these futuristic blue room pics.

1 comment:

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