It’s a custom for new parents to take pictures of their child when they are very young. One dad thought a picture of his daughter’s first bath was normal, but it turned out to be anything but normal. It actually saved her life in the end.
When the dad put the picture online, he got a lot of comments, most of which were funny and light-hearted. But something a doctor for kids said caught his attention. The baby’s eyes looked yellow, which the doctor thought might be a sign of newborn jaundice.
The doctor’s advice was careful, but the father took it seriously and took his daughter to see a doctor right away. It turned out that the doctor was right to be worried—the baby did have jaundice.
Newborn babies often have jaundice, but if it isn’t handled, it can be fatal or cause serious brain damage. Because of what the careful doctor said, the father was able to get his daughter the medical help she needed, which could have saved her life.
It also shows how important social media sites are for making relationships and sharing information.
It may have seemed like a small thing when the dad posted the picture online and the doctor said something nice, but it had a huge effect on the baby’s life. As the father’s story gets around, it serves as a lesson of how important it is to stay alert and get medical help when you need it.
