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Dennis Quaid and Family Leaving Hollywood

Karen — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:04:00 GMT

No he is not retiring, but the actor says it's a "no-brainer" to join family in Houston Texas.

"We have a lot of family there and we have a really nice plot of land," he says. "We have 30 or 40 friends and family members within two miles of us. Its kind of a no-brainer."

It was apparent when his twins were in medical crisis with a heparin overdose, that the couple are very private.

"They went through a medical catastrophe. Thank God it had a happy ending," Dennis says.

Quaid and his wife have developed a foundation to help prevent such medical errors and was recently in Washington to speak to Congress about it: "We would like to start by bar coding," he says. "With a bar code, [a nurse] can scan the medicine and scan the bracelet of the patient. Scan her own tag and if theres a mistake, it will come up."

Smart. I hope it catches on and works. We at Famecrawler wish the the very best with their upcoming move.

The actor sees the release of three films this year: "The Express," "Smart People" and "The Vantage." Quaid recently received the Galaxy Award.

Mr. Quaid Goes to Washington

Whit Honea — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:22:00 GMT

Actor Dennis Quaid testified in front of congress this week following the accidental overdose of blood thinners administered to his newborn twins in November by the staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He urged Congress to take a stronger federal role in dealing with pharmaceutical companies- something that the FDA has argued against.

Quaid argued that not doing so would turn the public into "uninformed and uncompensated lab rats.

"Like many Americans, I believed that a big problem in our country was frivolous lawsuits," he added. "But now I know that the courts are often the only path to justice."

Good luck, Dennis.

Source/Photo: Paul Morigi/WireImage.com

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.