John Parker Lundy

John Parker Lundy was born on Monday, February 22 at 10:26 a.m. He was 8 lbs, 1 oz and 20 inches at birth. On Monday evening, we noticed that John Parker's color was a little yellow. Having been through Jaundice with Kate, we asked the nurses to test him. Sure enough, he already had high bilirubin levels. This is a little unusual so early after birth. Turns out that because of Fred and I's conflicting blood types, JP is what's called Coomb's positive. Because of this, the doctor's were a little more concerned and treated his Jaundice pretty aggressively. He spent several days in the hospital under bili-lights. Since we've been home, we've had a home health set-up with a bilibed at home. A nurse comes each morning to draw blood for labs to see how high his bilirubin levels are. Today we were able to take John Parker off the bilibed and he'll be tested again tomorrow morning to see how he does without the lights. All in all, JP is a beautiful and healthy little boy with lots of red hair! He looks so much like his daddy, I can't believe it. We are doing well, just ready to be done with this Jaundice. Kate is adjusting well to life as a big sister. She's not too sure what to make of John Parker yet, but she's doing great. Here are a few pics of our little man. I'll try to post some more throughout the week.