05-20-2008, 01:48 AM
Filed under: Newborns, Health & safety, Medical conditions, Celeb parenting, In the newsIt was one of those events that's hard to even imagine going through. When Dennis and Kimberly Quaid's 12-day-old twins were accidentally given 1,000 times the proper dose of Hep-Lock, a blood thinner, no one was sure if they would survive (they did, thankfully). The thing is, it wasn't the first time it had happened. In 2006, six other babies were given an overdose of Hep-Lock in an Indianapolis hospital. Only three of those babies survived.Last week, Dennis Quaid testified before a House committee about his experience. Rather than sue the hospital, the couple decided last year to make a case against Baxter, the drug maker itself. They say that Baxter knew about the labeling trouble with Hep-Lock, yet did not recall the bottles when they had a chance. Continue reading Dennis Quaid testifies about twins' overdose Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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