NICU

Patient or provider stories from the NICU

June 6, 2025

Local Mother Donates Gift Baskets for UAMS’ Newborns in Honor of Her Stillborn Son

Yavonda Chase

Mallory and Collin Weatherford with the gift boxes she made for newborns at UAMS.

For Mallory Weatherford, there was never a doubt where the gift baskets she created in honor of her son, Carson, were going.


May 9, 2025

Uterine Cancer Patient Chooses Innovative Treatment that Preserved Her Fertility

Marty Trieschmann

Uterine Cancer Patient Chooses Innovative Treatment that Preserved Her Fertility

Three years later, she is the mother of a miracle baby girl For 20 years, Mother’s Day was one of the hardest days of the year for Alicia Simpson. She loved celebrating the special day with her mother but did so believing she could never have a child of her own. Simpson has polycystic ovarian…


May 8, 2025

UAMS NICU Staff Reconnects with Former Patients, Their Families at Annual Reunion

Chris Carmody

Julie Toon is shown with her twins, Wren (left) and Willow. Wren was born with health issues that required a four-week stay in the NICU, Toon said.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion on May 4 at the Little Rock Zoo, giving children and their families a chance to mingle with UAMS staff members who supported them through the highs and lows of their hospital stays. The UAMS NICU provides care…


May 17, 2024

Families, UAMS NICU Staff Celebrate at Annual Reunion

Kev' Moye

Peeples

Smiles, laughter, hugs, handshakes, pizza, cupcakes, finger paint and cell phone photos were in abundance during the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 2024 Reunion, held at the Little Rock Zoo. The annual event gives NICU team members, the children they cared for, and their families a chance to…


July 14, 2023

Camden Mom Donates Tiny Angel Gowns to NICU

Linda Satter

Haley Clark, her husband Seth and their two children Owen and Lilly are flanked by Adam Sandlin, M.D., and his APRN, Brooke Keathley.

| One day as Haley Myers Clark looked out the window of her Camden home, lost in painful memories of losing her premature son, Noah, a little blue butterfly fluttered by. “My mom would always tell me, ‘If you see a butterfly, that’s somebody from Heaven coming to see you, and that’s God sending a…


May 18, 2023

UAMS NICU Reunion at Little Rock Zoo Draws Large Crowd

Kaitlin Barger

2023 UAMS NICU Reunion sign

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion at the Little Rock Zoo on Sunday, May 7.


April 15, 2022

Family Celebrates Their ‘Walking Miracle’ with Donation to NICU

Kaitlin Barger

Hayes Haupt delivering donation to the UAMS NICU

The Haupt family recently returned to UAMS to give a gift to the NICU in honor of their son’s fourth birthday. Micah Haupt, her husband Will, Hayes, and his 7-year-old brother Hutch were thrilled to be back in the NICU on April 8 after last year’s gift had to be presented outside due to COVID-19…


January 4, 2022

UAMS e-Link Bridging the Gap Between Parents, NICU

Benjamin Waldrum

Ridley Becker

New mom Jaclyn Becker of Bryant said the experience of having her first child hasn’t been what she imagined. Ridley Becker was born Oct. 26 at 25 weeks, weighing 1 pound, 4 ounces. He’s been in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) since that time. “Being separated from him has been really hard,” she said….


October 15, 2021

UAMS Remembers Those Mourning Infant and Pregnancy Loss

Linda Haymes

Doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at sunset on Oct. 7 to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year.

As the sun set Oct. 7, doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care and genetic counselors gathered at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to remember more than 250 perinatal losses at UAMS during the past year. “Parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members want to know that their children are loved and remembered,”…


June 29, 2021

Family’s Happy Ending Almost Derailed by COVID-19

Linda Satter

Ashton and Charles Reed visit their daughter, Celia Ann, in the UAMS NICU. Celia was born at 30 weeks as Ashton Reed battled COVID.

Celia Ann Reed was two weeks old when her parents got to hold her for the first time in a hospital room at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.



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