Home Again (Finally)

We are finally home again after 2 long nights in the hospital. Poor Maya had a little case of Jaundice and she had to undergo photo-therapy for a little over 30 hours. For those of you who do not know (I had never heard of it before) jaundice is caused by the baby's liver being immature and unable to perform its job in the early days of life. This leads to high levels of something called bilirubin which can cause problems in the baby's brain if not treated. The photo-therapy is like a tanning bed that they put the baby in. For some reason the light makes the jaundice go away. They do not know why, but they know it works. Her bilirubin levels are now back to normal. Apparently jaundice is a pretty common thing for newborns, but it was still very sad for us to have to leave her under the lights for so long and she hated the little mask that they make the babies wear to protect their eyes from the light. Anyway, we are all happy to be home. At grandma's request we will add more photos asap.