Oct 24, 2007 9:39 am US/Central
Mother Of Quints Released From Hospital
SARTELL, Minn. (AP) ―
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Jessie Mrozek gave birth to three boys and two girls last Thursday. (File)
The Mrozek quintuplets remained in intensive care on Wednesday but their mother, Jesse Mrozek, has been discharged from the hospital.
Their father, Rory Mrozek of Sartell, Minn., said Lainey, the most fragile of the five infants, was put back on a ventilator on Tuesday after doctors removed it Monday night.
Allison Sandve, a spokeswoman for Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, said babies in the neonatal intensive care unit often go on and off the ventilator.
"It's not uncommon for neonatalogists to decide that a little more time on a ventilator is what's best for a baby," she said Wednesday. "That's life in the NICU."
The other four infants were taken off the ventilator earlier this week.
Sandve said Breah Lyn is breathing on her own, and the three boys are breathing with the help of a C-PAP machine, which is less invasive than a ventilator.
The quintuplets were born Thursday, about three months premature, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
The mother, Jessie Mrozek, was discharged Tuesday. She said she plans to spend a lot of time in Minneapolis to be near the quints. Doctors don't expect them to be released for a few months.
The Sartell community has rallied around the Mrozeks. Dozens of parishioners at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church are praying as a group for the babies.
"They are going to be praying for these five little quints, so they develop well and healthy," St. Francis pastoral minister Sister Cordy Korkowski.
On Tuesday, Rory Mrozek set up the Mrozek Quintuplet Trust on Tuesday at Wells Fargo banks to handle money donated for the quints. The family knows it will need a bigger vehicle, cribs and lots of supplies, he said.
The family will need more than money.
Rory's sister, Netta Hodgkins, has started three diaper drives in the Twin Cities. She's already received eight packages of diapers this week at her home in Shakopee. Her husband's workplace and a friend's running group have also started diaper drives for the family.
"I'm overwhelmed by the generosity," Hodgkins said. "Right now we need diapers and prayers."
Jessie Mrozek's younger sister, Mandi Poissant of Sartell, has started shopping for preemie clothes. She already bought little pink and blue jumpsuits that button up.
"I'm so excited and proud," Poissant said. "I can't wait until they come home. It's not soon enough."
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