Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Olivia's Nose is Yellow

When she looked at some recent pictures , my sister noticed that Olivia's nose is yellow. In fact, I hadn't noticed until Margaret pointed it out. Another upside of blogging, having family members help keep an eye on your kid's physical well being. If anything should happen to her, I hope I post pictures soon enough that she'll get the medical attention she needs.

Back to the question of why her nose is yellow. I can't really think of anything in our lifestyles. Olivia comes home straight from her job at the sulfur mine and eats nothing but breast milk. I think Olivia's nose might have been yellow that week due to jaundice. It was crazy stormy while my parents were visiting and we didn't take Olivia outside at all. Her color seems to have improved since then, even though she only gets occasional trips outside.

2 comments:

mluh said...

I googled "jaundice" and I think you are right. Olivia's hunger strike (when you tried to feed her a bottle) caused her to get jaundice -

mluh said...

apparently jaundice can be caused by a lack of fluids, or not eating enough.