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Josie Duggar Returns to Hospital
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Little Josie Duggar has been readmitted to the hospital. Credit: TLC
Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar celebrated the homecoming of their 19th child, Josie, last week, but the littlest Duggar is back in the hospital after her vital signs dropped suddenly in the early morning on April 8.
The couple, co-stars of the TLC reality TV show "19 Kids and Counting," brought Josie, who was born prematurely on Dec. 25, back to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock on Thursday at 3 a.m., according to People magazine.
The family is living in a rented home in Little Rock in order to be as close to the hospital as possible while Josie, who was delivered by C-section at just 25 weeks gestation, gains strength. Mom Michelle suffered from preeclampsia. They brought the little girl -- who now weighs in at four pounds, 12 ounces -- to their temporary home in Little Rock for the first time on April 6.
The magazine reports that fortifiers added to breast milk to boost Josie's calorie intake are the culprit, which led to constipation. The constipation, in turn, caused her vital signs to fluctuate, Jim Bob tells People.
He added that the couple has been keeping a very close eye on their new addition. He quoted the Josie's attending physician, Dr. Robert Arrington, co-director of the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit: "Dr. Arrington told us to never trust a preemie," Jim Bob tells People. "That is really true."
Doctors are trying new combinations of fortifiers for Josie, Jim Bob says, and he adds that he and Michelle are riding the emotional roller coaster of caring for a preemie.
"It seems like she will do great for a few days and then have challenges," Jim Bob tells People. "We are so encouraged about how she's doing, and it is amazing how she's filling out. But, even though she is beyond her due date and over the four-month mark, she is still not at the weight of a full-term baby."
It is not yet known how long Josie will remain at Arkansas Children's Hospital, and Jim Bob tells People that the super-sized family would "really appreciate everyone's continued prayers" for the little girl.











ReaderComments (Page 2 of 8)
4-12-2010 @ 6:17PM
Karen said...No need to be tacky.
4-12-2010 @ 6:31PM
brian said...why are you an ass. It is not your place to tell others when they can or can not have children. Plus you do not spell god in lower case. It is always GOD.
4-13-2010 @ 2:35AM
lisa said...Maybe Jim Bob Duggar should kept it in his pants!!!!!!!!!!!
4-12-2010 @ 6:39PM
susan said...your just rude.
4-12-2010 @ 6:49PM
Sue said...You know what Tony. I can tell by your comment, you have no kids, are not married and most probably a teenager. I think you comment was totally out of line! Maybe a vasectomy would help you since I don't think you would be a good parent. We don't need more blithering idiots breeding more blithering idiots. Enough said!
4-12-2010 @ 8:01PM
lovemonkeystoo said...if he didnt want her to have anymore kids ;
why does she keep getting pregnant ?
if he really didnt want her to have kids , he would make her stop .
4-13-2010 @ 3:55PM
shannon said...tony ur a dick for saying that...i think if a man and a woman love god and the kids they have an support them as well as they do then by all means have all the kids u want.... i dont like it when people have 10 kids and i have to work my ass off to pay taxes to buy their groceries!!!
4-12-2010 @ 5:16PM
SHYLOCK said...IT IS A SIN AND A SHAME THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO BREED LIKE ANIMALS AND THEN THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CHILD OR CHILDREN ARE NOT HEALTHY. 19---THAT IS DISGUSTING!!!! I HAVE CHILDREN--5--AND HAD TO WORK 2 JOBS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM PROPERLY (1950'S--1970'S) AND THAT WITHOUT ALL THE FANCY STUFF THEY HAVE TODAY. WHY IS IT SUCH A BIG ? THAT THAT POOR BABY IS SICKLY? GIVEN ENOUGH TIME--NOT MUCH I FEAR SHE WILL YET AGAIN BE PREGNANT.
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4-12-2010 @ 5:22PM
bapstko said...Hey some would say 5 is disgusting, to each his own! I pray that the little one will be fine but, in this day and age 19 kid's seems a bit much, even if you are very wealthy! My greater concern is how long will the mother actuall live having babies so frequently, will her bodyu not get totally depleted?
4-12-2010 @ 5:44PM
bigann said...This family isn't asking anyone for anything other than prayers. If they can support their children, it's none of anyone's business how many kids they have. I've watched the show and the children are smart, clean and well cared for. I couldn't do it, but I certainly respect that they can.
4-12-2010 @ 6:05PM
Terri said...I'm sure you don't want everyone dictating how you must live your life. I'm not paying for the Duggar children and neither are you so they can live and have as many children as they want and it's no ones business but theirs!! They must answer for their lives not you perhaps you should tend to your own affairs before judging others.
4-12-2010 @ 6:37PM
TB said...Unless you have been elevated to god the is no "sin" found for having children. They are financially stable with no debt at all. They have never asked for welfare or state help. JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED. LET HE WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.
4-12-2010 @ 7:32PM
julie said...HEY SHYLOCK I AGREE WITH YOU. THEY ARE BNO BETTER THAN THE OCTOMOM. AND AS FOR THE PERSON WHO IS ASKING WHAT ARE THEY GETTING FROM US?get real the fact they keep popping out kids keep them on television where they are being paid , and plenty of citizens and companies are "DONATING" free things and services, I CAN PROMISE YOU IF THESE BABY MAKING MACHINES HAD TO PAY THEIR OWN BILLS THEIR ASS WOULD STOP SPITTING OUT KIDS QUICKER THAN YOOU CAN SAY "INDUSTRIAL STRENGHT CONDOMS", SINCE WHEN DOES ADDING 19 MORE KIDS TO AN ALREADY OVER POPULATED WORLD MAKE YOU A START WHY,NOT HAVE A FEW OF YOUR OWN AND MAYBE ADOPT A COUPLE OF KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY HERE AND NEED SOMONE TO LOVE THEM?
4-12-2010 @ 5:19PM
Ashe Prey said...I'm surprised they let her go home before she hit 5 lbs. My bestfriends son was born at 30 weeks, and they were not allowed to take him from the hospital till he was at least 5 lbs. I hope the baby does well, but they really need to quit. She is pushing the limits of the female body. No one is meant to have 19 children. Besides, if you watch the show, SHE isn't the one caring for all of these little ones, her daughters are. To think someone would have all these kids and then makes the older ones take care of them. Its wrong.
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4-12-2010 @ 6:29PM
wvsuzieq said...My husband comes from a family of eight kids. The oldest girl ended up doing most of the work. She cooked, cleaned and took care of all of the brothers and sisters. When she got old enough she got out and got a job and rarely came back home. I think that the Dugger girls will end up hating their situation, despite that fact that they may never voice their feelings. It is sort of like stepping back into the past. Expecting young girls to be grown adults because there was no birth control and no one figured out how to prevent pregnancy. It is hard to beleive how big families are not all that close to one another.
4-13-2010 @ 5:20PM
ali said...My daughter was born at 33 weeks weighing 4 lbs. She was let home when she could regulate her temp and eat on her own. She was 4 lbs 4 oz. I don't think many hospitals go only by weight anymore.
4-12-2010 @ 5:23PM
sandy 1949 said...I hope and pray that the baby will be okay, BUT she should stop having babis so she will be there for the other children.
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4-12-2010 @ 5:54PM
NotMsUnderstood said...This could be a wake-up call to the parents who have one child after another after another. Who in the world is raising all the other very young children they have? It appears the older children are put in the role of being parents to the little ones; this is dysfunctional parenting. If they have hired people to help raise all these children, that's still no way to be a parent. What the many children will remember is the person closest to them in their family and in this case, it will not be the Mother and Father. The parents need to put ego aside; he for feeling "macho" because of being able to impregnate over and over and over and she for using pregnancy after pregnancy after pregnancy to feel "young." Yes, they can reproduce, but enough is enough; actually raise the children you already have.
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4-12-2010 @ 5:28PM
Millie said...U had 18 healthy kids way did u have another one sooner or later luck runs out. I think u have plenty of kids do u really think god wants us to have more kids than we can take care of. So whos takeing care of the other children? While u r spending all of the time with the sick one. I just hoipe this brings u to your sense enjoy the healthy children u have count your blessing amd stoop having childen.
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4-12-2010 @ 5:28PM
Bub said...Wow...Mr and Mrs Peter Rabbit drop another one.
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