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Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Newborns 'overdosed while we're there,' actor says

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2008 1:48 PM CST

(Newser) – Dennis and Kimberly Quaid trusted their sick newborns to an LA hospital, and less than 9 hours later, the children's lives were in danger. "Our kids could have been dying," the actor says, "and we wouldn't have been able to come down to the hospital to say goodbye." In their first interview since the incident, they tell the LA Times about their twins' fight for life.

"The stress was overwhelming," Kimberly Quaid says of watching as the Cedars Sinai hospital staff treated the infants for a massive overdose of the blood thinner heparin. The Quaids have sued one of the drug's manufacturers but haven't decided whether to take legal action against Cedars Sinai. "We'd like to give them a chance to right a wrong," said the couple's lawyer.

Dennis Quaid arriving at the Universal Pictures Premiere Of American Dreamz. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Quaid recalled the stress of his newborn twins being overdosed with blood thinners.
Dennis Quaid arriving at the Universal Pictures Premiere Of "American Dreamz." In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Quaid recalled the stress of his newborn twins being overdosed with blood thinners....   (Getty Images)
An exterior photo showing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, Friday. Jan 4, 2008. State regulators say Cedars-Sinai put pediatric patients in danger of harm, including Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, by giving them overdoses of the blood thinner heparin. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
An exterior photo showing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, Friday. Jan 4, 2008. State regulators say Cedars-Sinai put pediatric patients in danger of harm, including Dennis Quaid's newborn...   (Associated Press)
Dennis Quaid arrives with his wife, Kimberly Buffington, at the premiere of a film in Los Angeles, in this April 11, 2006, file photo. Last November, Cedars-Sinai hospital put three children, including Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, in danger by giving them overdoses of a blood thinner. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
Dennis Quaid arrives with his wife, Kimberly Buffington, at the premiere of a film in Los Angeles, in this April 11, 2006, file photo. Last November, Cedars-Sinai hospital put three children, including...   (Associated Press)
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