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Offline SteveBailey

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« on: December 16, 2006, 08:58:58 PM »
The Discovery Health Channel did an hour show about my family.  My wife was pregnant w/ sextuplets and they followed the pregnancy, the time in the NICU and thereafter.

On Sunday, December  17th at 8PM Pacific/Eastern they will be airing it for the first time.  I myself haven't seen it so for all I know we look like a bunch of clowns.  Stop in and watch if you can, if I am portrayed as a gomer you can give me a hard time about it in the arenas.   :)

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Here's a couple of pics of what the kids look like today(really within the last couple of weeks).  They are 10 months old now.

Thanks, Happy Holidays  Merry Christmas!


Brenna helps Dad with leaking valve cover.



Shelby, she is our Linus




John taking a nap.. the boy just hates to miss anything.





Andrew, the biggest of the gang clowning with John



Baxter, our beagle, making the most out of andrew... hey it's a heated pillow.




John, Shelby and Andrew at happy hour



Happy Brenna.  This little girl is full of joy and has a smile for everyone.  all the babies are happy kids but Brenna smiles from ear to ear.. with her whole little frame it seems.(at 10 months of age, she and her sister only weigh 12 pounds) The Dr's told she died inutero, then that she probably wouldn't make it thru her first night(irregular blood pressure),  then she got a potentially fatal bowel perforation, then potentially fatal pneumonia, then potentially fatal blood infection. A tough kid, she was born at just 1 pound 6 ounces.   I spent many nights by her incubator, telling her that even the the Doctors were concerned she wouldn't make it that I knew she'd be fine.  I told her to worry about one breath at a time even though she was hurting and she'd be OK. 11 weeks in the NICU but they made it.

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Offline Scherf

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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2006, 09:04:47 PM »
A huge to one and all.
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 09:14:46 PM »
Awesome!!!  How in the world are you going to find time for AH now??



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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2006, 09:21:01 PM »
WB Steve,

I was wondering how things were going.  I remember the post about the announcment.  Just curious, did you recieve any community help at all or get on any special programs?  I had one kid and he was enough to put me in the poor house for life, I can't imagine 6.

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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2006, 09:21:31 PM »
Wow, that's a lot of pooping going on there!  They all look happy, that's pretty cool.
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2006, 09:23:56 PM »
:)  

Little miracles.  Gives me a big grin thinking about them, bet you get an even bigger one.  Glad to hear they're doing well, Steve.

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« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2006, 09:37:32 PM »
Nice pics, Steve!


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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2006, 09:58:07 PM »
GAWD can you imagine having 6 two year olds or 6 teenagers in the house at one time....


sorry steve didn't mean to go there.  ;)

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« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2006, 09:59:47 PM »
WooHoo!  :)

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« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2006, 12:01:04 AM »
good for you man.  how cool is that.



looks like you are gonna have your hands full for a while.
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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2006, 12:23:53 AM »
They all made it then. Great news, and..
Good luck :)
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« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2006, 12:27:04 AM »
Outstanding Steve. You have a beautiful family. Congrats sir.


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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2006, 12:45:20 AM »
Congratulations Steve!
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« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2006, 01:10:21 AM »
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Originally posted by moot
They all made it then. Great news, and..
Good luck :)


No, not all.    :cry

4 did.. two died inutero and it was very tough on us... but we feel very blessed with the 4 we have.


Thanks everyone for the congrats .. it's a blast at my house.


Smokin, I finished the vette, btw.. thanks for your advice way back when.
With DR's, looks like I'll may hit the 10's!


Gunslinger, we received a couple of cases of diapers and some formula.  My corvette forum buddies all chipped in at a car wash(was really nice).   Other than that we have had no corporate or community help whatsoever. No programs, no aid of any kind.  
Please know that we understand these kids are our responisibility and we do not have our hands out.  We were very appreciative of what help we received but we've done it on our own, financially.*


Steve

*Yes, we are broke.   :lol

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« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2006, 01:22:55 AM »
Dang, sorry to hear that. I just skimmed the pics and figured they had.
All the best, all the same..
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