Nation IN BRIEF : ILLINOIS : Infant ‘Outstanding’ After Transplant

Sarina Jones was doing “outstanding” after undergoing the nation’s second living-donor liver transplant, but the 15-month-old faces a tougher battle recuperating in the next few weeks, hospital officials said. Sarina and her father, Robert Jones, 20, of Millington, Tenn., were both listed in critical but stable condition, the day after doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center removed the left lobe of Jones’ liver and implanted it in the infant. Doctors will monitor Sarina, who suffers from a usually fatal disorder, biliary atresia, during the next 24 to 48 hours for signs of infection or other complications.