Hospital AGAIN!

My Kirra girl got sick. She got Jaundice. When we were first released from the hospital, her Bili levels were 6.7, but the next day they were 12.3, and the next they were 15.1. We got her put on lights, but the next day they were 15.9. We kept her on the lights to bring her levels down, but the next day they had jumped to 19.1! (Once they hit 20, it's really hard to get them down, and once they hit 25, it can cause brain damage.)

Her Dr. felt that we needed to admit her to the hospital to get her under 3 types of lights to bring them down. We immediately got checked in and put her under the lights. (I've got pictures on my phone, I forgot to pull out the camera until she was off them!) My poor baby got 2 IV's because after they did the first, they decided they needed more tests from another vein. I asked them to leave it in just in case they needed more blood or if her other IV stopped working. I'm so glad I did, because we ended up needing to switch IV's half way through her stay!

So we got checked in on Friday, and thought maybe we'd be there until Saturday afternoon. The Dr came by Friday night and told us that we would need to stay until Sunday at least. So Saturday morning he came again. Kirra's numbers had dropped to 13! But he felt like we needed to keep her on the lights longer. So all day Saturday she was on 3 lights. By Saturday night her levels dropped to a 10! YAY! We got to take her off all the lights over night. They tested her again Sunday morning and she had rebounded to an 11.1. We put her back on 1 light. They also got a urine culture back which said she had an infection of some kind. They started her on antibiotics, but later when more results came in, they said that it was resistant to one of them, so they switched to a different one. We were told that we would be there until Monday. It was really hard to be told that we needed to stay just one more day, everyday! Luckily her levels went down to a 10, and her antibiotics were working! We got to bring her home today! YAY! Since her Bili levels aren't super low yet, she's still on the lights at home, but that's a MILLION times better than being in the NICU! She's eating amazingly, and is doing really well being on the lights.

Here are some pictures of her in the hospital and right before we went to the hospital. Enjoy!

Isn't she so cute?

Daddy and Daughter. So cute!

In the hospital, right after eating.

I didn't think I looked THAT tired!

So sad! Her little IV... Holding my hand...

So peaceful.

Having a little cuddle time! We were only allowed to keep her out of the lights for 30 minutes at a time, so we took FULL advantage of it!

Her alarms kept going off when we held her. I think she got sick of it!

I love the way she's looking at him!

Such a cutie. She was so good while she was there. She hardly cried, and was really patient with everything. How I love my baby girl.

Hayden and Keagan are coming home tonight. I'm so excited to see them really get to interact with their new sister!