A Great view of the City

So from the 7th floor of Childrens Hospital there is a great view of Downtown Minneapolis. Unfortunately, to really spend time enjoying it your child has to be admitted.

Alana and Kai came home on wedensday, and we were all trying to adjust to life at home. We had to make the trek to the clinic to have his bilirubin levels checked on thursday. Hyperbilirubinemia! Lo, and behold they were too high and now I am writing this surrounded by an etherial blue glow, looking at the misty shroudded skyline. Kai looks like he is in a tanning bed and has a bandit mask on to protect his eyes. He also has to lay on a light blanket that looks like something out of Ghostbusters. I am without the ability to post pix currently, but will do so later.

Alana made the comment as we were driving to the ER to be admitted, that it was a good thing this wasn't our first time at the rodeo. When Grae was 5 weeks we ended up making our first ER visit which included a catheder and spinal tap for her. This time (in the same little room in the ER) it only involved light therapy and drawing blood-- we can totally handle that!

Kai has been a little champ. Really, if someone put me in a warm bed and put a blackout mask over my eyes, I'd probably choose to sleep too. Perhaps he is just pretending he is at the beach, cashed out on the warm sand, with a full service waitstaff that feeds him only when he wakes every few hours-- with the occasional crab that comes along and pinches his foot so hard it draws blood.

They drew blood about an hour ago and we should have some idea how long our visit will last. Maybe we go home later today, maybe tomorrow-- it all depends on how his body responds to the tanning bed.

We just met his nurse for the day and her name is Kaija. I'm guessing his name will be like when you buy a new car, and suddenly see that same car all the time. Now we'll see the name Kai everywhere.