Jackson’s picked up a case of the jaundice. So he’s expressing his inner Californian under the sun lamps, getting some light to break down the excess bilirubin. We hope to take him home tomorrow.
Kirsten will be discharged this afternoon, and she is very happy to be leaving our 76 square foot hospital room. We have had some nice walks down the hallway, but she would really like to get out and see the world again – she hasn’t been out of the maternity ward since we got here on Tuesday. So we’ll go home, get a good night’s rest, and then (we hope) bring the boy home tomorrow.
I took some photos while he was under the lights. You ride the sunlamp in just a hat, diaper and eyeshades. Kirsten said “Looks a little like a wacked-out snowboarding dude.” Maybe there’s hope for this one.
Sadly, when you’re under the lamp, you don’t get to be all wrapped up like a deuce, nor do you get to be a roller in the night. But there was some neat tech at play nonetheless. Besides the expected — a warmer lamp, UV aquarium lamp for the top — they also have a UV lamp for underneath the baby. The blue glow you’ll see under him is from a cushion that’s connected by fiber optic cable to a second UV lamp outside the enclosure. That was pretty neat.
More photos in the gallery.
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