Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Human interest story

Surprise! Eighth baby marks small miracle


BELLFLOWER, CALIF. - Dr. Harold Henry and his colleagues had followed their patient for 10 weeks, and knew just what to expect. The woman was carrying seven babies. Multiple ultrasounds confirmed it every time: 7 heads, 7 spines and 28 limbs, all packed into a space typically only several centimeters in diameter.

As the date approached, a team of 46 doctors, nurses and surgical assistants at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center held two practice dry runs. They didn't want any surprises.

But they got one anyway Monday during the delivery. After the seventh baby was plucked from the womb, an assistant announced that he felt another foot. "Quit joking," Henry shot back.

When the assistant insisted this was no joke, Henry reached in and confirmed it. "That's when the room all of a sudden became quiet," Henry said. "Everyone was in shock, including mom herself. She just couldn't believe it."

Baby No. 8 marked a small miracle. For only the second time in recorded U.S. history, a woman had given birth to live octuplets. The odds of being struck by lightning are better.

The mother reacted calmly, said Dr. Jalil Riazi, an anesthesiologist. "Her question was, 'Really, an eighth baby? How did we miss that baby?'" he said.

It only took five minutes -- from 10:43 a.m. to 10:48 a.m. -- for all six boys and two girls, dubbed letters A-through-H, to be delivered by Caesarean section and processed through an assembly line of medical workers.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Alphabet

A family vacation was about to unfold it started to a trip to the mall. Buckle was having a sale on Jeans, and I had to go and try some on! Can I get these mom please! Don't give me that, mom says. Even though she didn't want to buy me the jeans, I cajole her to buy them for me. Finally, I get what I want and I am ecstatic . Going into wet seal we decide to go to get a snack before we do any more shopping. Hungry as can be I rushed to Food Court. I got my favorite from Kohr Bros triple berry smoothie. Just as I was finishing my parents said there was an altercation and we had to go home. Kind as can be I asked if we could stay a little longer. Let's go. May I at least get some lip gloss from bath and body. No, I said we have to go. Optimistically I ask again. Please can I stay just a bit longer. Quit asking I said no! Right after she said that I knew I wasn't going to get my way. Still I was avid about the new jeans I had bought. Unable to get to shop any further I was hungry and ready to eat. Vast and a veriaty of food was awaiting for us at The Goldan Coral. We ate and then strated heading home. Xtreme weather was awaiting us. Zip Zap and we were home in no time.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

It's a Dog's World


My name is Rex and my owner likes to say I'm a trouble maker, but it's not my fault. I like to get a midnight snack every know and then and I know where my owner stashes the good treats not those fakes that clean your teeth so I just help my self. Every know and then I make a mess or every time, but whose counting. I love it when my owner takes me to one of those doggy parks with tons of those fire hydrants and plenty of birds to chase down and every know and then a nice lady will pat my head and tell my how cute I am and give my a dog treat. My favorite thing aside from any thing else are bouncy balls. It's hard to think about any thing else when I lay my eyes on one. Me and my owner always play fetch or that's what he calls it. He holds it for about a a second and all I can think is BALL BALL BALL! When he throws it, it goes sooooo... far he thinks I wont bring it back but every time I prove him wrong. We have a doggy pool in the back yard with lots of my chew toys inside and other stuff that I have turned into my chew toy. It feel realy great on a hot sunny day to get in there and sink my teeth in one of those squeekie toys! My owner alway gets mad when I use his stuff for chew toys like those really nice leather shoes he has. There better than any chew toy he buys. Either way he loves me and he gets over it when I make my puppy dog eyes. He lets me do what ever I want and sometimes I wonder who's really in Charge.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I was in Mexico for my whole Christmas break, On New Years I went to a quince the girl who was having it was my second cousin. I had gone to the dance with my friends and my cousins when it hit 12:00 all you could here was gun shots and see every one giving each other hugs it was a great night and one I will never forget.