Saturday Night Fever

Or rather, a lack thereof.
Ruby had spiked a temp and had high blood pressure during delivery, so the nursing staff was concerned about the possibility of infection, and this caused some concern when little Ruthie's temp dropped come Saturday evening. (I hope that the nurse who scolded me for turning the incubator back on during that afternoon takes note!)
So, we made a visit to the neonatal intensive care unit. This newly-renovated facility really was a thing to behold. Instead of a sanitized laboratory with tiny infants spread about in their oversized petri dishes, this special nursery had private rooms for each infant, where the exhausted parents could stay 24 hours, complete with a sleeping couch and a dedicated, fully-stocked NICU parents' lounge with fast internet access. But, as nice as all that sounds, we were relieved when some time in the tanning bed and a couple of clear blood tests was all that was required to get us back into the general population...