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I swear this isn't going to become a baby blog. I just had to post this picture because I thought it was cool.

A lot of preemie and Asian babies have jaundice, so Eloise was doomed with the double whammy. It was severe enough that the baby docs decided it was best to keep her under lamps for two more nights after Wendy was discharged.

It was really hard to leave the little one at the hospital that first night. Wendy had to struggle with her maternal instinct and separate from her cub after a midnight feeding. It was pretty late and quite depressing when she was rolled out of the hospital in a wheelchair at the hospital's insistence.

Arriving early the next morning, we just missed a feeding and were told to roam around. We killed some time at the cafeteria then looked for seats in the waiting room. The head nurse saw how thrashed Wendy looked, leaning on my shoulder and sobbing amongst the visitors, and found us some curtained off space in the area where babies are kept, washed, and observed. What a lifesaver.

It was kind of funny how they insisted that Wendy be rolled out upon discharge but not 12 hours later suggested that we walk around and "have fun" in between feedings. My wife could barely walk!

Eloise has busted out but the battle with jaundice isn't over. We're feeding her all the time in an effort to shit out the bilirubin and lamps are being sent to our home as I type...

Back to normal blogging soon.