Sex­tu­plets up­date

Five sur­viv­ing ba­bies of the sex­tu­plets born at the Mount Hope Women's Hos­pi­tal will be re­leased in­to their care of their par­ents soon, al­most one month af­ter their his­toric de­liv­ery.CNC3 spoke with par­ents Ke­iron Cum­mings and Pe­tra Lee Foon af­ter a dai­ly vis­it to their ba­bies yes­ter­day af­ter­noon."We are do­ing al­right. The nurs­es and doc­tors briefed us on his con­di­tion from ever since," a no­tice­able som­bre Ms Lee Foon said.

"Ob­vi­ous­ly we are dis­traught but we are cop­ing. We know the staff tried their best, they did every­thing, but we have ac­cept­ed what's hap­pened," she con­tin­ued.The sex­tu­plets' his­toric birth broke sev­er­al records. They were the first to be born in Trinidad and To­ba­go and the re­gion.

She told us, "It is very hard but we have to try to be strong be­cause we have five oth­er lit­tle an­gels."The ba­bies have been un­der the care of hos­pi­tal staff since March 4th. But Ke­iron Cum­mings says "they are do­ing good, putting on nice size, they should be home soon. We are hop­ing it is soon."

Even as they pre­pare to wel­come home their celebri­ty ba­bies, they must first say good­bye to their ba­by Kay­lon."The fam­i­ly is still griev­ing. We're see­ing about fu­ner­al arrange­ments, but we're cop­ing and we are go­ing good."They could not say how soon he will be laid to rest."We ask­ing for all the na­tion's prayers still," Ke­iron Cum­mings told us.

He lament­ed, "That is all we ask­ing for al­though every­body stat­ing that we are ask­ing for thou­sands of dif­fer­ent things."

Sources at the Mount Hope Women's Hos­pi­tal say the ba­bies are do­ing well and doc­tors want to re­lease them with­in the next few weeks but are keep­ing a close eye on their health.