Our Jaundice Boy

It’s been quite a challenge since Jaggar was born. Not because we now have 2 kids or that Presley is acting out, but because I have been to the doctor for Jaggar 4 times in the last 3 weeks and back at the hospital 4 times as well.

Jaggar and I have different blood types which is called Coombes. Because of this, and because of being 2 ½ weeks early, he had Jaundice quite bad. When we left the hospital on the 13th, his bilirueben levels were good (6.7), but 3 days later they had jumped significantly, nearing a dangerous level (20.0).

Because of this, we were re admitted to the hospital on the 16th and stayed there until the 18th. Being a typical mother, I was so sad to hear that he was going to be re admitted and scared of the unknown. Although others may tell you that there child had the same thing, this is now MY child and it just makes it that much harder.

We were given a private room in the pediatric unit of Mercy Gilbert. The minute that we walked in the door my mind was put at ease. The staff was wonderful and took such good care of Jaggar and Preston and I. (Presley was once again over at Nana and Papa's house, which is a HUGE blessing!)He was put under the bili light for those days and his level dropped to 11.6. This was good since they wanted it under 14.0. This past week, I had his 2 week appt (at 3 weeks)and his level was checked again and had raised slightly to 12.1. The doctor advised that I put him on formula for 2 days to see if the levels were not dropping due to breaking down the breast milk. So, we did this.

On Monday, December 7th, his levels were checked once again and they had dropped all the way down to 6.5. Here are a few pictures of our second stay at the hospital and our good little boy sleeping under the bili light.