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In response to
"What is a jaundice lamp? -- nm"
by
Redmond
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The treatment for jaundice is lots of direct light, which breaks up the cells and gets the blood back to normal.
Posted by
TFox
Feb 3 '09, 07:45
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In the hospital, they just shine these fairly bright lights on the baby's skin all day, flipping him occasionally like a pancake to make sure they get all of it. And to keep from the baby staring at it and hurting his eyes, they put a white eyepatch wrap on their head.
And it doesn't hurt them, but my little dude, down in the NICU, and I can't explain to him why his eyes won't work all day, and I'm watching him struggle to pull the headband off, and I have to put it back on to protect him, but he's obviously upset, and he can't have a blanket on b/c he needs the direct light, and all I wanted was just to hold him and let him know it would be ok but I couldn't...
That day fucked me up. I had to leave the hospital and go to Toys R Us and buy him like $100 of toys he couldn't use so I felt like I was helping. It's fucking me up now remembering it.
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