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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Lactose Intolerant Quadruplets

In the So You Think You Have Troubles Category...

Jill and Kyle Williams are the parents of quadruplets. They did it naturally, too, with no fertility drugs.

When Jacque Hillman of The Jackson Sun called, all four of the almost one-year-olds had a stomach virus. Jill was sick, too.

The next day a tornado hit and the Williams' power went out.

Just daily life with Ace, Hensley, Hudson and Avery is a trial. All four are teething. They have developmental problems, a consequence of all being premature. It's not clear from the article whether their lactose intolerance is also from being premature. Premature babies are often born LI because the lactase enzyme is one of the last bits to develop in the ninth month of pregnancy. Usually premature babies get their lactase very quickly after birth, however.

In the Williams' case:

Avery takes two or three bottles a night, and although she doesn't stay awake long, it means that Kyle and Jill are often up during the night. Sometimes the couple has to shop for Enfamil for lactose-intolerant babies through every Wal-Mart, Walgreens and Kroger store in Jackson to find enough.

The quads go through 24 bottles a day. And 48 diapers.

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