Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is probably in some deep shit after inadvertanly giving Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins a potentially lethal overdose of an anti-coagulant medication.
Sources tell us the twins — Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace — were accidentally given a massive dose of Heparin, an anti-coagulant. Babies typically get 10 units. Our sources say they were each mistakenly given 10,000 units. The drug is used to flush out IV lines and prevent blood clots. We’re told one dose was given on Sunday morning, another on Sunday evening.
We’re told late Sunday night, both babies started to “bleed out.” Both babies are now at Cedars in the neo-natal intensive care unit where we’re told they are stable.
The twins were born to Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington November 8 via surrogate.
We’re told a technician stored the Heparin in the wrong place, and when a nurse grabbed the medicine for the babies without looking — it was the wrong dosage.
A source says the babies are now being given Protamine, which reverses the effects of Heparin.
Dennis’ rep issued a statement thanking everyone for their thoughts and prayers, but asked to be left alone during this difficult time.
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November 21st, 2007 at 9:07 am
So horrifying.
November 21st, 2007 at 10:45 am
Oh my God! I hope they’re okay. That’s just horrible.
November 21st, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Yikes! What a terrible mistake.
November 29th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
My prayers are with them. Who is more at fault the nurse or the Tech? Shouldnt a nurse read what she’s injecting before she injects it regardless? (things can be tampered with so health care officials should read things first)