wow, rishi is 2 weeks old today. it feels like he's always been with us. we started off the morning with a little shampoo and sponge bath, that full head of hair was looking a bit greasy. his belly button had been oozing, a result of having to be swaddled so tightly while on the phototherapy. i applied ointment to it for a few days and now it is healed very nicely. at his well baby visit, the nurse practitioner felt his color had improved but then the pediatrician came in and thought he was still very yellow, he IS asian so he's going to be more yellow than your average baby. i am anxiously awaiting the results of the billirubin test. i'm almost in tears imagining a call with not good news. if it isn't good news, the pediatrician said that we would have to get aggressive. please, please let rishi be done with this. i almost feel like i am on hold in some ways, waiting to know that he is just overall ok. i will update this when i get the call with the results. weighed in at 8lbs 5.2 oz, which is one pound and one ounce over his birth weight!
*in the past week rishi's level rose from 15.1 to 15.7, this is not said to be an alarming number but the doc is acting like it is. he'll be tested again in one week*
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