2 Weeks Old

Ryan is now 2 weeks and 2 days old. And he has already visited the emergency room more times than his mom (well at least to admit herself, I was there with him both times he had to go!) Last Saturday we went to my mom's house and she promptly informed us that he was really yellow and we needed to take him to see someone. He had been slightly jaundice at birth but not enough for them to treat it. Of course it is Saturday at like 6:00 in the evening, so when I call the pediatrician, he tells me to go and get his bilirubin levels checked at the hospital. The doctor called us that night to let us know that his levels were REALLY high and that he would call us in the morning to see how many times he pooped during the night. In the morning we had to go back to the emergency room to have his levels checked again and then over to our pediatrician's office to have him checked out. At the office our doctor told us that he would be going on the lights and he was really excited because he had worked the whole thing out himself!! This was Sunday so his office was closed but he managed to get the lights set up through the home health people and to have it through the proper insurance and everything all without any staff (this is a major accomplishment for most doctors) So we went home and these people came and delivered the lights. And then our baby became a glow worm!

He pretty much hated the bilibed (yes it has a real name!) But after two full days of it, he was discharged and the people came to pick up the bed. He was happy to see it go, as was I because no one was getting very good sleep with it here!

On Friday, Ryan developed some weird thing in his eye, so yes, we went to the doctor. By this time I am feeling like some idiot first time mom. Most people just leave the hospital and see their doctor for the two week visit -- I've already been there three times and my two week visit is on Tuesday! Anyway, turns out he has conjunctivitis (not sure if I'm spelling that right) and now he has drops. Which he also hates. We really like our doctor, and he reassured me that at least every time we have come in, it has been for a real issue. I'll be glad to just see him at our scheduled appointment though!

Ryan has also been getting a lot of packages. We really appreciate all of the gifts that have been sent to him. The funniest one by far is this

UPS sent us this blanket with all of Ryan's info and their logo on it. We love UPS and we always laugh so hard at them, of course they would put their logo on a gift for a baby. It's a really nice blanket but we still think it's funny.

This pic is for Tara, this was the day after we got back from the hospital so we didn't really go very far. But we did use the mosquito net accessory and the breezy sun canopy so that he could get a little sun on his face. (That was because of the mild jaundice, but clearly it did nothing to help and he had to be treated later!)

We will post more pics later, and hopefully we won't have anymore stories involving sickness!