ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A micro-preemie is celebrating his first birthday after a four-and-a-half-month stay in the neonatal intensive care unit and surpassing doctors’ expectations.Doctors said baby Jari Lopez had a 30% survival rate after concerns of fetal growth restriction combined with mom Amber Higgins’ preeclampsia diagnosis.
Preeclampsia is described by Mayo Clinic as a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure.
It occurs one in 25 pregnancies, according to the CDC.Higgins told Fox News Digital it was at her 20-week ultrasound when she learned Jari had been measuring small.
She was then admitted to Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she was monitored daily.Doctors said baby Jari Lopez had a 30% survival rate after concerns of fetal growthrestriction combined with mom Amber Higgins’ preeclampsia diagnosis. (Amber Higgins/Pediatrix Medical Group) Jari was born 24 weeks gestational on Feb.