Ever since she gave birth to octuplets last month, a California mother and her babies have been blinded by the media glare. Not all of the news has been good. Many people feel the unemployed mother, who already has six kids, should not have used fertility treatments to have more babies.
Ten years ago, the country’s first set of octuplets were born in Houston. 11 News asked the Chukwu family to weigh in on the California case. The Chukwu kids, who live in League City, are now in fourth grade.
“We pray for her every day. We love her. We love them. We love the kids. We pray for her,” Nkem Louis said of the California multiples’ mom.
“The kids are here, they need help. Their mother can be talked about, but those kids need help like ours. We had an army of volunteers,” Iyke Louis said.
The Chukwu octuplets, who pray at least three times a day, have included the West Coast multiples in their prayer points.
“We’ve been praying for their health and praying for them to survive,” Echerem Chukwu said.
They’ve also offered some advice to the babies: Share with your siblings and don’t fight. Read the rest....
Source: KHOU-TV Houston
Special thanks to Courtney Zubowski of KHOU-TV
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