Quaids Credit 'Miracle' for Saving Twins
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007
HOLLYWOOD - Religious actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly are convinced their newborn twins survived a shocking drug overdose because a "miracle" took place.
Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace were left fighting for their lives when they were mistakenly given 1,000 times the normal 10-unit dose of blood-thinning drug Heparin by staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shortly after they were born to a surrogate mother last month.
The twins have now been discharged after doctors gave them the all-clear, and they are back home with their parents.
The Quaids' lawyer, Susan E. Loggins, tells Web site People.com, "Their (the babies’) condition is fantastic, they're smiling... They've fully recovered from the accident and it's doubtful they'll suffer long-term effects from the overdose.
"The Quaids are very religious, and they believe their children's recovery is a real miracle."
On Tuesday, the actor and his wife filed legal papers suing Baxter Healthcare Corp. for manufacturing the Heparin that they claim left the babies critically ill.
The Quaids accuse the company of failing to properly label vials of its product--the 10 units-per-milliliter vial of Heparin looks almost identical to the 10,000 units-per-milliliter vial.
They also insist the company executives have been alerted to past mix-ups but chose to do nothing, and they are seeking $50,000 in damages.
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