OlderDennis Quaid’s Twins Given Accidental Overdose
Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington’s newborn twins, Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace, are fighting for their lives.
According to TMZ, the kids allegedly were given an accidental drug overdose at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The babies, born Nov. 8 to a surrogate, were accidentally given close to 1,000 times the necessary dosage of Heparin (an anti-coagulant) and began to “bleed out” Sunday night.
The infants are currently in stable condition at the neonatal intensive care unit and are being given Protamine, which reverses the effects of Heparin.
Quaid’s rep issued the following statement: “Dennis and Kimberly appreciate everyone’s thoughts and prayers, and hope they can maintain their privacy during this difficult time.”
Our prayers and thoughts go out to the family.
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This truly is a sad situation to occur from both sides. From one side I can empathize with Dennis and his family. I can’t imagine what they must have been feeling or going through and for that my heart goes out to them. And on the other side I can SOMEWHAT empathize with the nurse who made the mistake. Yes, people in the medical field do make mistakes, we’re all human, and there is that risk you’re taking putting your life or someone you love into the hands of another even if they are trained or whatever. HOWEVER, the part that makes me want to take that back and slap that R.N. is that nurses are supposed to check the patient, drug, and dosage three times before giving it. I’m in the nursing program and they drill that into our heads here in Fl. So, this to me is NOT a mistake, it’s plain carelessness… just my opinion people :)
i hope the kids survive, and remain healthy
How awful. It’s heartbreaking that two (as far as I know) healthy babies can become two sick babies just because of someone’s negligence. I agree with whoever said that suing should be the last thing on their minds right now; Wait until the babies are healthy, which hopefully will be soon.
My thoughts are with their family. ~~~
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles can now officially kiss it’s ass GOODBYE.
This is awful. I know mistakes happen, but that doesn’t make them any less horrible. My heart and prayers go out to these babies and their family.
omg that is so sad!
This is a sad story. I feel bad for these small children.
However, I am not in favour of surrogacy, there are so many emotional (and legal) complications. I mean how does it feel for children to know that their mother didn’t carry them; to know that she wanted children but didn’t they were worth the weight gain or a bit of morning sickness. I ‘m not in favour of people who think everything is for sale, children should not be a commodity.
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