Yuku free message boards

The micropreemie was rushed from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Ark., the hospital where she was born, to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, her parents at her side.

“She developed a spontaneous bowel perforation,” explains her physician, Dr. Robert Arrington, co-director of the neonatal intensive care unit. “She responded to placement of an abdominal drain, plus antibiotics, and did not require an open operation.” It was wonderful news for her frightened parents that their tiniest baby would not require surgery. “Dr. Arrington knows how to think outside the box and come up with different creative solutions,” says a grateful Jim Bob, 44. “Josie is walking a daily tightrope to keep her vitals stable and the nurses and the whole team here has been wonderful.”

“Having reached this point in her hospital course, she should continue to gain weight and develop,” says Arrington of Josie, who now weighs 2 lbs., 3 oz. He expects her to be discharged several weeks before her original due date of March 18.