At 3 days old, my jaundice lvl before discharge from hosp was 11.2. Dr Ong (my PD) allowed me to go home.. if the lvl was above 12 i would hv to stay in the hosp for phototherapy. Heng ar..
But 2 days later, we went to Dr Ong for routine review, and he did another prick test on my ankle and we found that my jaundice lvl has gone up to 14! Dr Ong immediately asked for me to be admitted back to hosp for phototherapy, but Daddy & Mummy decided to keep me home and do phototherapy treatment at home instead. They rented the bilibed and photolamp for me.
So from 13-16 Apr, most of the time of the day i was stark naked, except for eye patches to protect my eyes and diapers, in the bilibed unit. It was heart wrenching for Daddy & Mummy to see me in there.. but i wasnt the least bit affected.. it was nice and warm, like taking a sun tan on the beach. Only thing that irritated me was the eye patch, it kept squashing my ears and falling down to my nose.
Luckily, by 16 Apr, Dr Ong did another prick test and my jaundice lvl has gone down to 8. And they cld return the equipment. Good riddance. But i have another review coming up 20th Apr. Hopefully my jaundice lvl doesnt go up again. Meanwhile, they are making sure i feed constantly every 2-3hrly so that i pee and poo like nobody biz and clear the bilirubin from my system.
Getting some morning sun tan...
Poor Sarah.. see her ankles kena pricked 3 times liao! 
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