Katelyn is doing wonderful. She gained 3.5 oz overnight (such a little piglet)!
Her Bilirubin levels started out at 19.5 yesterday. After a few levels under the lights they were down to 17.8, this morning at 5:30 AM they were down to 14.8. The pediatrician just came to see her and was very pleased with how things are going. He said normally he would send us home and have us bring her back tomorrow, but rather than making us come in on Christmas he suggested we stay for a few more hours to see if we can get her levels down another point or two. That way we won't have to come back until Friday.
Overall this has been a fairly decent experience, albeit a bit inconvenient. We are happy to see our little girl doing so well, and she's actually kind of enjoying the warming bed and the lights. The nurses joke about it being like a little mini Bahamas vacation for newborns.
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