The Stansel Sextuplets

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dottstar		#2361	[-]
Posts: 929 (10/18/09 7:10 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Pumpkin37 wrote: Didn't she have twins that died?? What would possess her to go do fertility treatments again??? Because she wanted her own biological child and darn it she deserves to get what she wants. So they somehow got the money enough to afford the IUI parts their insurance didn't cover and tried again and ended up with an etopic pregnancy. So, they went for the 3rd time with IUI, I think they mentioned charging up credit cards or something to help raise the money because she knows it was God's will she have her own biological kidlet. So, it wasn't just the twins she lost but a singleton as well. So off into more debt to try for the 3rd time. Bingo sextuplets and the cry for donations heard around the world. I'd doubt I'd have ever heard of these folks if it was for some blurb in the national attention they got in some article in the news and there was no mention in that article about the two previous failed attempts or the cancer she'd had, I can't remember if they even mentioned her diabetes. I'd heard about the Morrisons because when the babies were born and dying it was on TV and they did an update when the last one was in NICU and getting ready to be discharged. An info sheet on the Kangaroo Care http://my.clevelandclinic...e/hic_Kangaroo_Care.aspx which it sounds like is the productive way to hold preemies. It seems like the stansels are only being allowed to hold the babies for short periods for pictures and not because it's good for the babies. Thanks, that was interesting, meatball. I've tried to stay clear of NICU so I'm not up on who does what when but I would imagine with all their tubes and the vent perhaps they'd not do the kangaroo bit until less chance of dislodging the trach or picc line.
kxaalum		#2362	[-]
Posts: 309 (10/18/09 7:17 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Actually the charging up the credit cards were the other family with twins in the article. The Stansles had their entire IUI cycles paid for. Check out the NYT video for clarification. They had up 6 cycles paid for by their insurance and they were willing to use all 6 to try to get a successful pregancy.
superguppie		#2363	[-]
Posts: 27445 (10/18/09 8:32 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	So, three more chances, right?
kxaalum		#2364	[-]
Posts: 310 (10/18/09 8:38 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Yup. Thomas did say though that they wouldn't try anymore fertility treatments. Let's hope he keeps his word. I wil say this about the Morrisons though. She has these small giveaways and contests for her blog readers occasionally. Guess it's her small way of giving back to her supporters. Other HOM bloggers also have the occasional small contest/giveaways and share helpful tips, recipes, books, etc. I can't imagine the Stansles ever doing that. You never know though.
Riliss		#2365	[-]
Posts: 5737 (10/18/09 8:43 PM) Ugly on the inside Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Eventually, idiots like this will cause everyone to lose their 'right' to reproduction.
kxaalum		#2366	[-]
Posts: 311 (10/18/09 9:38 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Because Gram just keeps on giving: what precious pictures! thank you for sharing. i am excited at every post the girls get closer to going home with you! i have a 10 yr. old granddaughter who just got her first 'boyfriend note' - about 10 years from now you'll be going through this too --- and you thought getting started was hard- ;-} she knows she can't date till she is 27.. Gram says.... go girls go!! love to you all, Erma
Riliss		#2367	[-]
Posts: 5766 (10/18/09 9:43 PM) Ugly on the inside Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	We can only pray that her granddaughter dies before then.
Aunt Pappy		#2368	[-]
Posts: 20539 (10/18/09 9:44 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Even if the both remaining babies don't make it, I seriously doubt the Stansels would try for more children, given all the disaster they've been through.
superguppie		#2369	[-]
Posts: 27448 (10/18/09 9:50 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	See, I think they will. I'm not sure how they'll do it, but I think they will. Maybe gram will be a surrogate for them? i have a 10 yr. old granddaughter who just got her first 'boyfriend note' 4: Number of years left until 'gram' is posting as 'greatgram'.
kxaalum		#2370	[-]
Posts: 312 (10/18/09 10:00 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	LOL!
2ManyAndersons		#2371	[-]
Posts: 10475 (10/18/09 10:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	More like 2.
dottstar		#2372	[-]
Posts: 930 (10/18/09 10:44 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	kxaalum wrote: Actually the charging up the credit cards were the other family with twins in the article. The Stansles had their entire IUI cycles paid for. Check out the NYT video for clarification. They had up 6 cycles paid for by their insurance and they were willing to use all 6 to try to get a successful pregancy. Oh, sorry for the misinformation. I still think money is tight in their home since Amanda was back to work so quickly. Makes me wonder how they were going to care for 6 infants if Amanda didn't have the means to be a SAHM. I guess they really expected their family, neighbors, church, and some reality TV show to all jump in to ensure they had a home, food, diapers, suitable transportation and on the list goes. I wouldn't be the least bit shocked if they did go after more fertility treatments if these two don't make it, or they may do it in hopes of having a better outcome. I'm sure they'll stick with it being God's will they persist in bringing bodies into the world for them to have those after life bodies. Or however that rationalization of theirs goes. Thomas may say no more treatments now but I can see Amanda going all weepy, pleading that she needs to be a mommy to persuade Thomas to go along with more IUI. .
kxaalum		#2373	[-]
Posts: 313 (10/19/09 7:15 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Well Rachel did it again - she pulled her tube out! She has done this 3 times this week. It looks like the problem is that she likes to lift her head up while laying on her tummy and when she does that it yanks the tube out despite being taped down. The doctor did start her on some IV antibiotics (yes she has a new IV - no longer IV free). The doctor suspects she may have aspirated some breast milk due to her breathing tube being pulled out so many times. The doctor started the antibiotics as a preventive precaution. She will be fine. Rachel is so feisty! Thomas held Rachel today and he got nervous because she was much more awake than usual and she was also not very happy. Thomas was more nervous than I have seem him with the girls. He got nervous about her heart rate going high as she got angry. Thomas and I have a lot to learn when the girls come home as there will be many times the girls will be unhappy. Rachel is just so content laying on her tummy. It was so nice to see Rachel so awake with our visit with her today. She had her eyes wide open. Rachel has mommy's eyes. She is so adorable. Haley our calm princess is doing well. She doesn't get to lay on her tummy right now due to her bowel surgery, but she is content laying on her back. Haley still has not had any poop. The doctor's don't seem concerned yet, but we are always worried about our little girls. We just want them to be well and happy. We know with time our little miracles will be strong enough and well enough to come to the comfort of their own home with mommy and daddy. We just love these little girls so much. Each time we visit them it is harder and harder to leave. We are so attached to them. We hate to leave the NICU every time we are there, it is just so hard to say good night to our daughters and not be able to have them in the comfort of their own home. We will get there, the Lord has been so good to us. He has carried us through the rough nights, He has pushed us along when the road seemed to be a dead end. We have truly witnessed the tender mercies of the Lord in our lives these past few months. While the journey has been long, hard and down right difficult at times, We have experienced the true tender mercies of a loving Heavenly Father. We owe everything to him and His Holy Son Jesus Christ. Rachel in her favorite position - on her tummy. So according to the last several posts, it looks like the doctors are now reassuring the Stansels and not doing their usual fearmongering. LOL! She makes it sound like the tables have turned and that they are the ones that fear the worst and doctors are telling them "all will be well." So, maybe they are no longer in critical condition and the doctors have been more reassuring. After the death of 4, it' normal for them to be more paranoid now. Wish they been as paranoid from day one. Then again, this is the Stansels so who knows what is really happening . I would think that if they had been upgraded from critical condition or if the doctors told them the girls will be going home for sure, that they would want to make sure everyone knew that.
kxaalum		#2374	[-]
Posts: 314 (10/19/09 7:36 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I remember when they first announced the birth of the babies. They made it sound like it was a joyful occasion and even said, "I know they will be okay." They reported that were doing even better than expected, etc. No where in that post did they mention having been given a choice about whether ot nor to save them or having to request it. They made it sound like it was perfectly natural/expected that the hospital was automaticly doing all they could for those babies. Then you hear the doctor talking about it/read the NYT article and they made it sound like they requested it without any prompting/that they didn't ask them. He even said they pretty much discourage such things.Then you hear Thomas talk about it on the NYT video and he said the doctor asked them and gave them a choice. We also learned from the NYT all the gory details like the cause of death of each infant. Stuff that the Stansels failed to mention. They don't have to share that of course, but it's just interesting to note that the Stansels version is always more sugarcoated/cheerful than things really are.
kxaalum		#2375	[-]
Posts: 315 (10/19/09 8:07 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Oh, sorry for the misinformation. I still think money is tight in their home since Amanda was back to work so quickly. Makes me wonder how they were going to care for 6 infants if Amanda didn't have the means to be a SAHM. I guess they really expected their family, neighbors, church, and some reality TV show to all jump in to ensure they had a home, food, diapers, suitable transportation and on the list goes. I don't think the Stansels planned for her to be back to work at this time. They were hoping she would be in the hospital for as long as possible and for a short NICU stay I'm sure. I think they just found themselves in a spot where the babies were going to be in the NICU for a very very long time and Amanda was home bored and had finished recovering. It probably just made sense for her to go back to work at least for the time being to try to earn some much needed funds/recover lost income. She might very well stop working again once all this is over. Who knows how tight they are money-wise. I agree with you that they expected to rely on family/friends/church/community and perhaps a reality show to make it all work for them. guess we will just have to wait and see.
superguppie		#2376	[-]
Posts: 27449 (10/19/09 9:45 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	He got nervous about her heart rate going high as she got angry. Thomas and I have a lot to learn when the girls come home as there will be many times the girls will be unhappy. It sounds like Thomas is the only one in this family with any parenting sense at all. Amanda's all like, oh how cute! Look, her heart rate is up to 400 bpm!! She's so fiesty!! And umm, are they just realizing that babies cry? Just slipped their minds before, eh? They should be spending some time in a parenting class.
Aunt Pappy		#2377	[-]
Posts: 20544 (10/19/09 9:56 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Will someone please shave Rachel's back?
Ethel Mae Potter		#2378	[-]
Posts: 18909 (10/19/09 10:09 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	yeah she does have a lot of hair on her back and shoulders, kind of like POS. Anyway I think that is good sign. I think babies get that in the womb so it might mean she is starting to develop into a 30 week old fetus.
raa66		#2379	[-]
Posts: 17795 (10/19/09 10:17 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It doesn't sound like they're on sedation. It's hard to know how close Rachel is to getting off the vent because Amanda doean't give any vent settings but each time she's pulled her tune they've reintubated her. It's really important to keep that from happening over and over. She may end up with a tracheostomy if she continues to need to be vented and has airway issues from longterm intubation. Reading between the lines, they had to reintubate her, there was milk in her stomach (which you try to remove through her feeding tube before intubating but some probably remained) and while they were attempting to put the tube back in she gagged and vomited stomach contents, some of which went into her lungs. Aspirated milk can be a breeding ground for bacteria so they started antibiotics as a preventative measure. This is not the same thing as being septic, she doesn't have pneumonia (yet), just standard operating procedure to preventa problem from developing. I wouldn't call it a setback, just par for the course.
Ethel Mae Potter		#2380	[-]
Posts: 18910 (10/19/09 10:27 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	My sister is an RN in the regular newborn nursery not the NICU. Anyway she said that any time a baby is on a vent for longer than 2 months it is very, very bad.

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