When we left the hospital, Nolan was at high risk for jaundice and therefore we had to take him in to the doctor's on Sunday to get him tested. Sure enough the numbers had doubled and they ordered a phototherapy machine to be sent to our house. So for a few days we had Nolan laying on the light belt to reduce the jaundice. The worst part of him having jaundice was that every few days we had to go get his blood tested again to make sure the jaundice was going away. Nolan was pretty upset every time he had to get his heal pricked, poor little guy :(. After a few days under the lights, Nolan's numbers started to go down again so we could stop using the lights and having his blood taken!! Here are a few pictures :)
Not too happy about being cold :) but we had to get the light belt on him!
Go faster Daddy!
Here was pretty much the set up for a few days! Good thing he slept a lot of it away!
See the blue light? The light had to have direct contact with his skin to work!
Close up of my sleeping baby :)
And then we finally gave him his first bath because he really needed one!!! He was o.k. at first
Until he realized how cold he was! This lasted about 1 quick minute and we got him clean!
A picture of him at 5 days old-precious!
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