Thursday afternoon we were discharged from the hospital. It’s been pretty rough at home since then and we just weren’t sure if that was normal for a newborn or not. Well, I guess now we know it’s not. Dominic’s bilirubin levels were high and not coming down like they should. It’s kind of chicken/egg thing with high bilirubin levels, irritability, lethargy and lack of desire to eat.
He’s being treated in time and everything will be ok. However even knowing that it tears your heart out seeing the little guy all hooked up like that. The UV light (blue light) helps to break down the billirubin so it can be urinated out.
As you can imagine his mom is pretty upset. With any luck we’ll be home tomorrow and more “normal”.
This just sucks.