The Trixie Update

I realize now that some of the belly button images from our previous story might be a little graphic, especially since they were presented without any context. Not wanting to appear sensationalist, here’s a little bit about the images.

1) Hard to believe, but that gelatinous yellow blob is the umbilical cord. I cut it. It’s made of an incredibly tough, resilient material, sort of like a garden hose. Please note that there is also a large, yellow, plastic clamp visible in the picture.

2) The blob was cut down when they brought her back to us and Trixie sported the reduced stump for about two and a half weeks. In this shot you can see the thin plastic clamp that had been crimped to the stump after the blob was cut down. We cared for it by wiping with alcohol once a day.

3) This next picture was taken right after the stump accidentally pulled off during a routine diaper change. It looks raw and painful, but it didn’t hurt her, and it only took a day to 4) visibility improve in appearance. Over the next three weeks it continued to 5) reduce in size and 6) tuck in. And that’s where belly buttons come from.