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Dennis Quaid Talks Twins

Sassy Smith — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 20:01:00 GMT

Actor Dennis Quaid, whose twins Zoe and Boone were hospitalized as newborns after a medication mix up a few months ago says, "everyone is doing great." The only down side for he and wife Kimberly is sleep depravation.

"The kids are fantastic and really healthy and happy kids." Quaid was in Santa Monica doing press for his new action thriller, Vantage Point.

"I've just been sleep-deprived... Last night, was the first night they slept all the way through the night, from 7:00 p.m. - 5:30 a.m." - doing a celebration wave with his arms.

Dennis who also shares a 15-year-old son Jack Henry, with his ex wife Meg Ryan -says that parenthood the second time around is a little easier.

"Well I don't know if it's better but it's a lot easier, " he said. "It's easier in the sense that... when the first one comes along you worry about everything. The second ones come along, 'Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah that's fine, seen that, done that'...You're a little more relaxed about it. But with two, you need another arm."

Quaid joked around about not being able to tell them apart. "One's wearing blue, the other one's wearing pink. But you'd still be surprised [with] people, because they don't want to make a mistake, they go, 'Oh, that's the... a girl isn't it?"

It's great that his babies are doing so well!

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Dennis Quaid's Twins Fighting For Their Lives

Dennis Quaid Suing Over Twin's Overdose

HerBadMother — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:45:00 GMT

Dennis Quaid and his wife, Kimberly Buffington, filed a lawsuit today in Chicago against Baxter Healthcare, the drug company that manufactures Heparin, the drug that was maladministered to their twins. Their lawyer has stated that the Quaid family is not interested in the money, but just wants to ensure that this doesn't happen to anyone else.

I totally get wanting to sue the asses off of anybody who put my child in harm's way. Totally. But, um, why just the drug company? As TMZ points out, the twins were harmed because somebody gave them the wrong dose. Shouldn't that somebody be sued, or at least the hospital that employs that somebody?

Still, I'm glad that the Quaid twins are doing better, and that their parents have moved from worry to anger.

Dennis Quaid Twins Update: Hospital Was Warned About Heparin Dangers

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:25:00 GMT

TMZ is reporting that the FDA issued a warning back in February about the dangers of mistaking the low and high-doses of heparin. Dennis Quaid's twins, who were born earlier this month via a surrogate, were overdosed twice with the blood-clotting drug this past weekend. Hospital officials list them as stable, though they remain in intensive care.

In a safety alert dated February 6, 2007, the FDA and the drug's manufacturer warned of the dangers of switching 10 and 10,000 unit vials of the drug. The alert was issued in light of an overdosing that occurred in Indiana in September of 2006. Three infants died in that incident. It's being reported that a memo was circulated around that time at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center warning of the danger.

Dennis Quaid's Twins Reported in Stable Condition

Whit Honea — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:27:00 GMT

It would appear that Dennis Quaid's newborn twins Zoe Grace and Thomas Boone are now in stable condition following the accidental overdose of the blood-thinning drug Heparin. The staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center mistakenly gave the babies 10,000 units instead of the proper dosage of 10 units. That, in a nutshell, is fucked up.

According to TMZ, the hospital's Chief Medical Officer, Michael L. Langberg, MD, apologized and issued a statement this evening.

As we stated before, we wish the Quaid family the best.

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