Well, my kids seem to enjoy staying at the hospital for a longer than average time. Most of them have resorted to a high bilirubin count to impose on the hospitals hospitality, but not Lilly - nope she has to be different.

During the night during one of the routine check-ups they do on newborns, the noticed some rapid breathing (panting). Normal is in the 30-60 range, she was up at 100!

To give you an idea on how worried the nursery staff is about this, they woke up the pediatrician at 2:00 this morning.

This of course complicates things:

1. They won’t let her breast-feed until her breathing is below 70
2. They are feeding her via an IV
3. The pediatrician won’t discharge her until AT LEAST Saturday (everyone was looking forward to having her home today!)

Interestingly, there doesn’t seem to be a problem with her lungs. Her oxygenation rate is great, she’s just doing it a lot for some reason.

Christie is in a boarding-mom status now, so she can stay at the hospital, but she isn’t a patient anymore. She’s free to come and go, but will probably spend most of the time there anyway.

Stay tuned here for updates.