Update on James

Well, we are finally out of the hospital. We actually got home on Saturday. James spent to days under the phototherapy lights to bring his jaundice levels down. On Thursday afternoon his Bellirubin counts were at 27. The doctor told us they get concerned with any levels over 20. As of Friday morning, they were down to 14. This drop was good, but the doctor wanted him under the lights for one more day to bring down the levels even more before they sent us home. By Saturday morning, we got the count down to 10. Yeah! So, we were able to come home and relax (as much as possible with a newborn in the house). Darren will be taking James back to the dr. tomorrow to have his counts checked. Hopefully, they will have stayed the same or better yet dropped more.

While at the hospital, my little guy proved to be very tough! When we first got there, they had to put an IV in. Because he is so little, they had trouble finding a vein. They ended up sticking him 10 times! I'm not even kidding. They stuck him twice in each leg, twice in each arm, and twice in the head. I was so upset. But, my little guy didn't even cry. (Did you know they give babies sugar water on a pacifier when they do this. They told us it acts as a natural morphine. It worked wonders.) Anyway, back to the IV story. After they finally got the IV in his head he was able to get the fluids he needed to help flush out the Bellirubin. But, little James did not want the IV and at 3:00 in the morning, he reached up with his little arm and pulled it right out. What a stinker!!! He also kept taking off his eye mask that was protecting his eyes from the light. Needless to say, I was worried to death all night and therefore did not sleep. I stood over his bed most of the night trying to comfort him. It as so hard to not pick him up and hold him all night but I couldn't take him out of the lights except to nurse him. :(

Enough of my rambling.... Please keep him in your prayers and pray that his counts go down quickly.