They Call Him Mellow Yellow

Well, just when I thought we were ready to go home from the hospital, we got the news this morning from the rounding pediatrician that Cameron's jaundice test came back with a high level of 11.3 (which is in the 94% percentile), so we couldn't leave after all today. The pediatrician ordered him to stay under phototherapy lights from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM today to try to break up the bilirubin in his system. For those of you who don't know, the phototherapy lights look like a miniature tanning bed, so check out Cameron getting a cool baby tan:



Cameron was under orders to stay under the lights at all times, except for 30 minutes while nursing, so we didn't get to hold him a lot today.

His 3:00 PM test came back high and his bilirubin levels still weren't improving to the pediatrician's satisfaction, so we are set to stay at Hotel Seton for one more night. (On a side note, the bonus about the overnight stay is another night of Blue Bell ice cream!) They are testing his levels tomorrow morning at 5:00 AM, so we're hoping for the best so we can all go home and Cameron can meet the last member of the Graves family, who is probably wondering if he's been abandoned once again.