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Dennis Quaid's newborn twins are fighting for their lives after being given an accidental drug overdose. Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace - who were born to a surrogate mother on November 8 - are currently in intensive care at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Dennis and his wife Kimberley Buffington are keeping a bedside vigil. The tiny tots were mistakenly given 10,000 units of the anti-coagulant Heparin - which stops the blood from clotting - but babies are only allowed to have 10.The error happened because a technician made a storage mistake and a nurse failed to check a label.Dr. Michael L. Langberg, Cedars-Sinai's chief medical officer, said: "I want to extend my deepest apologies to the families who were affected by this situation. This was a preventable error, involving a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures, and there is no excuse for that to occur at Cedars-Sinai."The 'Day After Tomorrow' star's publicist Cara Tripicchio added: "Dennis and Kimberly appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and hope they can maintain their privacy during this difficult time."Dennis - who has a 15-year-old son, Jack Henry, with ex-wife Meg Ryan - and Kimberley were thrilled when Thomas and Grace arrived into the world almost two weeks ago.The excited parents released a statement, saying: "God has definitely blessed us."Dennis, 53, and Kimberly, 35, have refused to reveal the identity of the surrogate mother.The couple, who married on July 4 2004, have confirmed they are the twins' biological parents.
Dennis Quaid's newborn twins are fighting for their lives after being given an accidental drug overdose. Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace - who were born to a surrogate mother on November 8 - are currently in intensive care at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Dennis and his wife Kimberley Buffington are keeping a bedside vigil. The tiny tots were mistakenly given 10,000 units of the anti-coagulant Heparin - which stops the blood from clotting - but babies are only allowed to have 10.The error happened because a technician made a storage mistake and a nurse failed to check a label.Dr. Michael L. Langberg, Cedars-Sinai's chief medical officer, said: "I want to extend my deepest apologies to the families who were affected by this situation. This was a preventable error, involving a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures, and there is no excuse for that to occur at Cedars-Sinai."The 'Day After Tomorrow' star's publicist Cara Tripicchio added: "Dennis and Kimberly appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and hope they can maintain their privacy during this difficult time."Dennis - who has a 15-year-old son, Jack Henry, with ex-wife Meg Ryan - and Kimberley were thrilled when Thomas and Grace arrived into the world almost two weeks ago.The excited parents released a statement, saying: "God has definitely blessed us."Dennis, 53, and Kimberly, 35, have refused to reveal the identity of the surrogate mother.The couple, who married on July 4 2004, have confirmed they are the twins' biological parents.
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As for the medical and human error, this is unacceptable ANYWHERE, not just Cedar Sinai!
The solution isn't just in firing the parties guilty of negligence and laziness/assumption. Perhaps a Retraining is in order to prevent such gross mistakes. Burn out and complacency runs thick in today's society. Retraining couldn't hurt.