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[camwyn]

Nicholas is, alas, too jaundiced to come home from the hospital today. This is not unusual, from what I recall of ANTH 508 (Maternal and Reproductive Health, aka "Sixteen Women, Two Men, and Photos To Put You Off Your Lunch Forever"). It has, however, distressed my sister greatly. She'll be staying at the hospital until they make her go home tonight, 'cos, well, her baby, you know? And Nicholas will be put under the usual sunlamps. There'll be another test in a few hours to see if he's good to go yet, but my mother doubts he'll be cleared for takeoff, so... probably he won't be home until tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm going to be cleaning up around the house, shopping, and getting a few extra supplies for my sister from the drugstore whilst my folks visit her and the baby and her husband in hospital.

Man, I feel sorry for rabbit-hole me. If the me I postulated as being down the rabbit hole were in this same situation he'd be pacing the floor wondering if he'd get to hold his niece before he got shipped to Korea. I'm just hoping Nick gets better quickly for my sister's sake.

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[camwyn]

Too much bilirubin in the blood isn't good for you. If the kid's body hasn't purged it yet and gone on to producing normal levels of normal chemicals it's not a good sign for his liver or other development, so the doctors like to keep an eye on him in case it's a sign of actual liver malfunction.