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Look out for falling baby!
Oct. 4th, 2004 11:04 pmApparently, among my son's talents is the ability to leap from beds. It only took him five days to learn this skill. And it was very a scary part of quite a scary day.
The pediatrician visit went as such, she was not concerned about the rash, it's a common infant ailment which causes them no pain and goes away eventually, she was a little concerned about the jaundice, as he seems pretty yellow, and she was very concerned about him not going to the bathroom and he's lost another six oz (down to 6 lbs 7 oz from 7 lbs 4). That's too low, he should lose no more than ten percent of his body weight. They took a bilirubin test and we've been instructed to supplement his feedings.
About five this evening he took his leap, as I turned around briefly to grab a receiving blanket. He, like all infants didn't tense up as he fell so we thought he would be fine.
Around seven the pediatrician called us with the results. His bilirubin count was 18.8. They typically hospitalize at 19, so that's even more unnerving. We ask about the fall then, and they say to keep an eye on him. Given the description of Matthew's reaction to the fall, they see no reason to be concerned at the moment. We are to schedule an appointment tomorrow to see one of the other doctor's in the practice, take a second bilirubin, and get a bili-blanket, which I'm not sure exactly how it works, but provides the light source to help breakdown the toxins turning my son's skin yellow.
Around nine he was hard to raise for his feeding, he's been sleeping mid afternoons to early evenings, so we had not tried to wake him before now. We called the doctor's office again and they said to keep him under observation, but that's about it.
It's going to be a long night and the Ravens are losing too.
The pediatrician visit went as such, she was not concerned about the rash, it's a common infant ailment which causes them no pain and goes away eventually, she was a little concerned about the jaundice, as he seems pretty yellow, and she was very concerned about him not going to the bathroom and he's lost another six oz (down to 6 lbs 7 oz from 7 lbs 4). That's too low, he should lose no more than ten percent of his body weight. They took a bilirubin test and we've been instructed to supplement his feedings.
About five this evening he took his leap, as I turned around briefly to grab a receiving blanket. He, like all infants didn't tense up as he fell so we thought he would be fine.
Around seven the pediatrician called us with the results. His bilirubin count was 18.8. They typically hospitalize at 19, so that's even more unnerving. We ask about the fall then, and they say to keep an eye on him. Given the description of Matthew's reaction to the fall, they see no reason to be concerned at the moment. We are to schedule an appointment tomorrow to see one of the other doctor's in the practice, take a second bilirubin, and get a bili-blanket, which I'm not sure exactly how it works, but provides the light source to help breakdown the toxins turning my son's skin yellow.
Around nine he was hard to raise for his feeding, he's been sleeping mid afternoons to early evenings, so we had not tried to wake him before now. We called the doctor's office again and they said to keep him under observation, but that's about it.
It's going to be a long night and the Ravens are losing too.
