Last of octuplets arrives home in La Habra

The Associated Press is reporting that that the last of Nadya Suleman's octuplets arrived home in La Habra today. Here's the story:  

Nadya Suleman has all her babies home.

The last of the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets was released from the hospital Monday night after spending more than two months in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Jonah, the smallest of the octuplets who were born nine weeks premature on Jan. 26, has gone home to join his brothers and sisters, Socorro Serrano, a spokeswoman with Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center said. They include six older siblings ages 2 to 7.

Jonah was the smallest of the octuplets at birth, weighing just 1 pound 8 ounces. The hospital says he is now 4 pounds, 10 ounces, is able to bottle feed and has demonstrated that he can gain weight and maintain his body temperature.

“He stayed a little longer because he needed to gain weight,” Serrano said.

The octuplets’ birth was heralded as a medical miracle, but the public’s fascination with Suleman quickly soured as details of her life emerged. The divorced and unemployed mother had six other children at home; she has said all 14 children were conceived through in vitro fertilization.

Media scrutiny grew and the first pair of infants to go home were greeted March 17 by a crush of reporters and photographers in Suleman’s home in La Habra, about 25 miles east of Los Angeles. The remaining babies went home in secret, at Suleman’s request.

A team of nannies, who were trained and evaluated by Kaiser Permanente nurses, are helping Suleman care for the children.

“Kaiser is comfortable with the level of care they’re providing for the babies,” Serrano said.

Comments

[Carol Anne]

Two questions:

1) How much was the total bill?

2) Who is paying that bill?

[Fleiter]

I would like to see the Times do some real reporting and tell us exactly what this hot mess has cost the taxpayers of this state. I figure at least a million per baby in medical fees, nannies, etc. Child Services should take all of these children and this woman should be required to pay back every penny.

[Chris W.]

Eagerly awaiting article headline of, "Last of Nadya Suleman."

[Godly person]

It is sad to see that money is these only issue here. Thank God, Jesus did not ask is father how much it cost to pay the bill for us. As it is equally sad that the very taxpayers that are asking these questions, please tell me how much of it did you pay?

[V Saindon]

I support Nadia's decision a hundred percent. It is her decision and I believe she is sincere in wanting the best for all her children. Not wanting to have any of her children put to death should be a wakening call to all the mothers out there who don't think twice about aborting theirs. My prayers go with you Nadya...God bless you for your courage and determination.