If you had seen Catherine Wood Burton jogging the trails of Allsopp Park in Little Rock, you would have thought she was the picture of perfect health. But Catherine’s journey from near death to new life began with an appendectomy that led to a cancer diagnosis and ended with the birth of a healthy baby girl.
Solita Johnson-Davis was reeling as she got off the phone. The oncologist had bluntly informed the 27-year-old Little Rock realtor that she had cervical cancer.
After receiving the all clear for her son, Caleb, to leave the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Heather Baker was nervous. Although she’s a registered nurse, she doesn’t work with newborns, and as a new mom she wasn’t sure about the transition to life without the 24-hour expert care and all the sophisticated monitoring devices.
UAMS patient Dicelle George, a medical doctor practicing in Warren, Arkansas, recommends the UAMS high-risk pregnancy services.
