Catching Some Rays

Will is getting some light therapy for his jaundice. We're also hopeful that if college isn't in his future he can make it on the Jersey Shore. The nurses mentioned that he'll need to work on his hair.



I'm a big fan of the eye shades. He's also got the "Thinker" pose.
The update on his situation is that his respiratory rate is still too high. It needs to drop below 70. His bilirubin levels are on the rise, but this is somewhat expected. The light therapy should reduce those levels. We're monitoring for infection because he's had a low-grade fever but it could be from sleeping under a french-fry lamp. If the nurses pull out a large shaker of salt then I'll start to raise objections.
Please keep praying that his respiratory rate slows. Once it slows we can start feeding him with a bottle or at the breast. Until then he's fed via a tube through his nose. And until Will demonstrates that he can feed well then he's stuck in the NICU. It's a wonderful place but we want to get the heck outta there.