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Tom and Allison Penn had been trying to have a baby for four years. Last Wednesday in Manhasset’s North Shore University Hospital the Penn’s had three. The set were the first triplets born in Long Island in more than 15 years.
Dr. Victor Klein delivered the identical triplet boys named Logan, Eli and Collin. The babies were unusually large, weighing over 4 pounds apiece. The babies developed from a single egg and were originally given only a 30% chance of survival. Even though the family went home Sunday they returned to the hospital today.
Parents, Tom a wildlife biologist and Allison an environmental educator debuted the boys today, Tuesday, morning at a huge news conference. The boys were each wearing a dot of nail polish on a different finger so the parents could tell them apart.
4 comments:
From a single egg, 30% sounds a bit high. You might think that babies born of a single egg would have a lower surrvival chance. Take an animal for example, usually, most everytime there is a runt of the litter, the runt dies. I dont see being born of three,from an single egg. I dont think you be fully devloped.
That is so cool! The parents must be ecstatic. I wonder if the boys mind wearing nail polish? How long will they have to wear it? How long before their parents know who they are by just looking at them. Well, not to worry, pretty soon they will be living up to that essay we just read "How Boys Become Men" and they will be driving their parents nuts!!
Thats great! I think thats funny how they cant tell them apart only from the nail polish. Im happy for the parents. I know people who had trouble having childern and ended up with tiwins as well!!
My cousin had triplets and had to do the same exact thing with the nail polish and it works so good. I could not imagine having triplets I think it would drive me insane!
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