Bilirubin. Yes, you read that right. And no. This is not one of Megan's cousins from Seven Mile.

Well. Here is a new one for me. An orange baby and I don't mean those nasty little umpa-loompas from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I'll try to get some shots, although the video I have is absolutely priceless.

So...our little baby has gone NASA and currently has a "light" blanket wrapped around her torso. Probably for at least the next two days maybe longer.

Here's a brief definition that will make you fall asleep but is informative. It is taken in it's entirety from www.kellymom.com:

"Jaundice is due to a buildup in the blood of bilirubin, a yellow pigment that comes from the breakdown of old red blood cells. It is normal for old red blood cells to break down, but the bilirubin formed does not usually cause jaundice because the liver metabolizes it and gets rid of it into the gut. The newborn baby, however, often becomes jaundiced during the first few days because the liver enzyme that metabolizes bilirubin is relatively immature. Furthermore, newborn babies have more red blood cells than adults, and thus more are breaking down at any one time. If the baby is premature, or stressed from a difficult birth, or the infant of a diabetic mother, or more than the usual number of red blood cells are breaking down (as can happen in blood incompatibility), the level of bilirubin in the blood may rise higher than usual levels."

Okay. The good news is that the phototherapy blanket is at our house which means we don't have to spend time in a hospital, praise God. Also, a nurse will come by once a day to check the hill-bilirubin level via a blood draw.

All that to say, Lily is doing awesome other than being orange.

More later.