First of Septuplets Leaves Hospital
From Times Wire Reports
The first of the McCaughey septuplets was sent home, six weeks after the babies were born. Kenneth, weighing 5 pounds, 4 ounces, was released from the children’s hospital at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. The other six McCaughey babies are in fair condition, said a hospital spokeswoman. Doctors have said they hope to send them home by the end of January. Three girls and four boys were born Nov. 19 to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey of Carlisle. They are the world’s only living set of septuplets.
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