Well, Laurana is showing her grit and determination - her bilirubin score is 14.8, down from 17.7 yesterday and 18.4 the day before. That means one more night on the raver blanket and she’s free! She gets one more bilirubin test tomorrow afternoon, but should that be lower (as is expected), her treatment is done.

Here are a few new pictures… enjoy! — Laurana Turns Six… Days

I’m hoping to create a nicer photo album for all our pictures, but for now, I’m using Picasa’s default export-to-web-page function. I want to do a custom layout, inspired by the simplicity of my friend Darick’s site, oceanful.com. And I want getting an album from Picasa to the web to be one click - I’m going to use the XML layout in Picasa. But I’m probably not going to do it as cleanly as Darick, because hey, I’m a parent too - gimme a break!

Here’s a fun album showing off Laurana’s new toy, which she hopefully won’t get to play with for long.

Jaundice Blues

Also, don’t miss the other album I just posted below (More Pictures). Finally, I added a box on the lower right of the page where you can sign up to get an email when there is a new post here, so you don’t have to keep checking for updates only to be disappointed because Brad is too busy holding and gazing at Laurana Love.

Ok, various promises have been made to add more photos, so without further ado: Laurana Matures, Strikes Out for Home! (Click me)

Laurana is doing pretty well. She has a little bit of jaundice, but we’re treating her with a fiber optic phototherapy blanket. I’m hoping it doesn’t predispose her to be a raver.

We’re praying her blood test comes out with a lower bilirubin score tomorrow morning. A big part of why she is soooo lethargic may be the jaundice. So we’re hoping the blanket works well and quickly! I’ll post some pictures of the blanket next.

Pictures here!

A Fetey of Derring-Do

P.S. Oh ya… She answers to “Laurana Love Bozarth” … Love is Sarah’s great-grandma’s maiden name!

Well, I know it’s about 3 weeks early, but I’m tired of hanging out upside down, tired of my mom and dad tapping on me all the time, tired of only being referenced with a disposable name, and tired of having hiccups all the time! I’m a’comin’ out, and soon!

I’m still not sure what my non-disposable name is going to be, but I hear “Epidural” and “Pitocin” being said a lot out there. Those sound cool, I guess. I know you’re all wondering what “gender” I am, but this rooster ain’t gonna crow. Or is it “this cow ain’t gonna moo?” Ha! You thought I slipped. Ok, I gotta go. See ya on the out-side!