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When my daughter was in the hospital, she had so many tubes going in and out of her it was hard to tell which tube was doing what. At one point, the quantity of IVs became so great that the doctors recommended that a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) be inserted. The IV is really long. It gets inserted in a peripheral vein, but it is advanced until it almost reaches the patients heart. A PICC line has many advantages. First, it can remain inserted for up to thirty days whereas traditional IVs must be replaced after only a few … Continue reading →

He Said/She Said – Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan

Ah, the waters rarely run smoothly when Hollywood exes start opening up about their past relationship. I guess everyone cannot be one big, happily united family like Demi and Bruce. The latest celebrity ex couple to sling mud is Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid. (Photo source by PH2 Mark Cavanugh and as a work of an military member, is public domain.) You may or may not remember, but these two met on the set of Innerspace in 1987 and married on Valentine’s Day 1991. They had one child together, son Jack. You might remember the 2000 film Proof of Life, … Continue reading →

Drug Mistakes May Harm One out of Fifteen Children

A study from the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality found that drug errors hurt approximately one out of every fifteen hospitalized children. That translates into more than five hundred thousand children harmed by drug errors every year — a number far higher than previous estimates. What kind of drug errors are we talking about? Medicine mix-ups — giving the wrong drug to the wrong patient Accidental overdose — giving too much of a drug to a patient Bad drug reactions Remember what happened to actor Dennis Quaid’s newborn children last year? They accidentally received a drug overdose but eventually … Continue reading →

Celebrity Updates: It’s All About the Babies

Well, this explains a lot… Ever since Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins were accidentally given a near-fatal overdose of the blood thinner Heparin by staff at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles last fall I (along with millions of others) wondered why the actor chose not to sue the hospital for negligence. After all, Quaid and his wife took almost instant legal action against the drug maker for not labeling the blood thinner correctly. So, why let the hospital off the hook? The famous couple finally answered that question a few days ago. Apparently, the Quaid’s are not letting Cedars off … Continue reading →

Celebrities Seeing Double

It looks like we may never know why Dennis Quaid decided not to sue the hospital responsible for employing the medical techs who nearly killed his newborn twins last year. Then again, actions often speak louder than words. It wasn’t until just recently that the actor spoke about the horrific incident with a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. In the interview he refused to answer questions regarding pending litigation that has been filed against the makers of heparin, the blood thinner that was inadvertently administered to Quaid’s newborn’s in massive doses. Rather, the actor said he wanted to focus … Continue reading →

Celebrity Updates: Quaid’s Sue Drug Company

Who can blame them? It’s official; actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have filed a lawsuit against the makers of heparin, the blood thinner that was inadvertently administered to their newborns in massive (and potentially deadly) doses. According to news reports, the Quaid’s filed a product liability lawsuit in Chicago and are seeking roughly $50,000 in damages. The suit claims the drug manufacturer, which is based in Illinois, was “negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds.” The lawsuit further claims the company knew of previous dosage mix-ups yet failed to recall shipments … Continue reading →

Update on Dennis Quaid’s Sick Twins and Slain Pro Football Player’s Celebrity Ties

It’s been a little more than a week since the tragic news broke regarding Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins becoming the innocent victims of a preventable hospital accident. When I first blogged about Quaid’s son Thomas Boone and daughter Zoe Grace having been administered a lethal dose of the blood thinner Heparin, there was no information given as to why the babies were in the hospital to begin with. Both infants were born in good health via a surrogate mother earlier this month. Brother and sister were released a few days later, but only now is information being released as to … Continue reading →