Why is Josie Duggar Back in the Hospital?”
Josie Brooklyn Duggar — who was born in December three months premature — was taken back to Little Rock’s Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Thursday at 3AM after her vital signs began to drop unexpectedly, People reported Monday. “[Josie’s attending physician Dr. Robert Arrington] told us to never trust a preemie,” Jim Bob told People. “That is really true.” The reason why the youngest member of the 19 Kids and Counting clan had to be taken back to the hospital was that her vital signs began to fluctuate due to constipation caused by fortifiers added to breast milk to increase her calorie intake, Jim Bob told People. “She’s doing fine now,” he told People. “They will watch her for a few days to make sure she’s safe.” Josie was delivered via emergency C-section at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and weighed 1 lb., 6 ounces when she was born in December. While Michelle was not due until early March, she was taken to the hospital to have a gallstone removed. The pain from
Josie Brooklyn Duggar — who was born in December three months premature — was taken back to Little Rock’s Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Thursday at 3AM after her vital signs began to drop unexpectedly, People reported Monday. “[Josie’s attending physician Dr. Robert Arrington] told us to never trust a preemie,” Jim Bob told People. “That is really true.” The reason why the youngest member of the 19 Kids and Counting clan had to be taken back to the hospital was that her vital signs began to fluctuate due to constipation caused by fortifiers added to breast milk to increase her calorie intake, Jim Bob told People.
After celebrating the release of their 19th child from the hospital last week, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar had to take her back to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock on Thursday at 3 a.m., when her vital signs began to drop unexpectedly. “Dr. Arrington told us to never trust a preemie,” says Jim Bob, quoting Josie’s attending physician, Dr. Robert Arrington, co-director of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. “That is really true.” Fortifiers added to breast milk to increase her calorie intake and spur her growth are the culprit in causing the littlest Duggar constipation after being at the family’s temporary home in Little Rock for just a few days, according to Jim Bob. The constipation led to her vital signs fluctuating. PHOTOS: Hollywood’s Big-Brood Boom! After Jim Bob and Michelle rushed her back to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, “She’s doing fine now,” says Jim Bob. “They will watch her for a few days to make sure she’s safe.” The Duggars brought little Josie home
