Doctor's diagnosis

Blake continues to have jaundice.  His bilirubin numbers have been stabilized, but are still high.  Talking with our pediatrician in Utah today we were told to keep Blake on the lights through the weekend.  The doctor believes that Blake has a blood disorder called G6PD deficiency.  It is apparently most prevalent in African American males. This would be a lifelong issue that would be controlled by avoiding certain medications and foods that could trigger this deficiency.  We are just now learning about this and do not know many long term details, but the doctor seems to think it would be something we could control.  We will test Blake for this when we get home.

With Blake still under lights, we are all getting very little sleep at night.  The lights cause dehydration and require him to eat as often as every 2 hours.  Also, Blake hates lying on the phototherepy bed (he has to be naked and not swaddled and the bed is plastic).  We are very ready to go home and are praying that God would speed up the paperwork process and allow us to go home on Saturday.  Somehow it seems like a lot of these issues would be easier if we were home and had our family all together.  We are waiting on God's perfect timing.