Numbers

Ok, before I forget all these, I want to write them down.

We have been watching all these numbers the last few days.

Weight

birth weight (Thursday)- 9 lbs. (ok, actually 8 lbs. 15.6 oz)
Weight when we left hospital (Saturday)- 8 lbs. 5 oz.
Weight re-check (Sunday)- 8 lbs. 5 oz.
Weight re-check (Monday)- 8 lbs. 7 oz.
We will re-check again tomorrow.

Platelets
Since I have ITP, they watched Christian's platelet counts because they can cross the placenta. His platelets should be at least 150,000.

Platelet count Friday- 132,000
Platelet count Saturday morning- 133,000
Platelet count Sunday- 160,000 (Yay!!)

Bilirubin
They said the lower it is, the better.
They usually peak on day 3, so the doctor though he peaked on Sunday, but he didn't as you can see from his numbers.

Bili count Saturday- 8.6
Bili count Sunday- 12.6
Bili count Monday- 12.9
On Monday,the doctor said he is still very yellow, the whites of his eyes were yellow along with his skin all the way down to his toes. He said there is nothing we can really do except to keep breastfeeding him to get all the toxins out of his body. Today, my mom was here and we had him out in the sun for awhile. Hopefully that will help bring them up.


We got back to the doctor tomorrow for another weight and bili check. The poor guy has so many holes in his feet from taking his blood, I feel so sorry for him! After poking him Thursday night/ Friday morning to check his blood sugar over and over, to taking his blood for CBC checks and now for bili checks, his feet are quite bruised! Hopefully this will come to an end soon!