PY's jaundice is quite bad.. has been going up n down with phototherapy treatment..
On Mon, brought her for blood test.. it was 277.. PD thot it's high.. but asked us to go back n come for another blood test the next day.. the reading on the next day gave us a shock.. it went up to 377.. i thot i heard it wrongly when PD told me the result..
PY was immediately warded n started double phototherapy.. she got blue light on top n below.. so she was lying on the hard hard plastic with only her diaper.... reading dropped to 330 at 4hr treatment and 250 at 12 hour treatment.. PD was happy with the result and was quite confident that we shd be able to go home the next day if reading is below 220..
however, at 24 hour treatment, the reading was 228.. seems like the decrease rate slow down.. so PY had to undergo another round of treatment.. PD ordered phototherapy to stop at 5.30pm (30 hours treatment) and blood test on the next day was 202.. so we were discharged aft 2 nights stay in the hosp..
these few days, we had to make sure tt PY is drinking enough milk and monitor her yellow-ness... if she turns very yellow b4 her appointment on Mon, we will hav to bring her to NUH children's A & E for blood test.. will have to be admitted again if the reading is more than 340...
she seems to be turning yellow again.. so most likely will need to bring her back for blood test during the weekend... hai........
Friday, November 06, 2009
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My didi also like that. Been identified as a prelonged jaundice for up to 2mth. so almost everyday since day 1 to 1mth, he has been under photolight. after he was discharged fr hospital, he still needed to go for his jaundice checkup weekly. he was discharged (free fr jaundice) when he is 2mth (corrected age is full term- 40 wks) only.
so dun worry, it will go away. but sad thing is it is painful to see them with needle poke into their tiny feet. that's why didi 's legs are blue black.
hihi!
yupyup.. PD oso said tt Pin Yi is having prolonged jaundice... it will most likely last thru her 1st mth and will slowly subside.....
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