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Show The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Sunday January 22, 1995 Dil Miracle Babies: Twins Born in 1994 and 95 By Janet McConnaughey THE TATED P ‘ — Celeste Keys slept quietly in Healways has his hands out,” said their mother. ‘ : ‘He always has his hands out. We just say he’s praising Godall the time.”’ her mother’s arms a few hours after bein reunited with the twin brother who ente ed the world 95 days earlier. Celeste’s arms were curled upto her chest. Timo. thy’s were straight out in front, his fingers spread SIMONE KEYS T Godall the regularity and childhood rheumatic fever, all of which can complicate pregnancy — as can twins The Keys praise God, too — and their doctors. Not only did Timothy survive difficult, premature Doctors wanted to prevent a premature birth, but Mrs. Keys went into labor Oct. 11 without realizing it and taught a full day of 10th- and 11th-grade Eng Simone Keys. time. “We justsay he’s praising birth, but Celeste’s birth was delayeduntil she could be deliveredat full term Wednesday The twins went home together Friday It's just a miracle,” said the twins’ father, Rev. Thomas Keys. the The 95 days betweenbirths is the longest periodin which all babies in a multiple pregnancy survived according to doctors at Ochsner Foundation Hospital who delivered TimothyandCeleste. The previous record — 56 days — was for twins bornin 1 to a womanwith a double uterus. A Canadian woman carrying triplets had a Caesarean delivery 99 daysafter the first child was born, but only thethird survived Celeste, who weighs nearly 6 pounds, outweighs her older twin by three-quarters of a pound. She is healthier, too: She does not need a breathing monitor like her brother, and sheis not at risk of such problems as learning disorders and mild cerebral palsy Timothy's hospital bills are $: 9: .000. Celeste’s are $850. You can imagine these kids 10 years later — He’s mytwin but he was bornin 1994 and I was born in 1995, three months later.’ That's the kindof ‘Ripley’s Believe It Or Not’ part of it.” said Jay Goldsmith. one of the doctors who resuscitated Timothy after his vaginal birth Oct. 15. Although the Keys’ 4-year-old son, ThomasIII was born without problems, the couple had known this pregnancy might be moredifficult. Mrs. Keys hadahistory of high bloodpressure, a heart rhythm oy lish The whole day, all of my students weretelling me I was labor,” she said. “I kept saying, “Youall don’t know what you're talking about By the time I got to the hospital for my appointment, I had been in labor all day Doctors were able to delay Timothy's birth only a few days. He weighed 1 pound, 14 ounces and had to breathe through a tube in his throat. While Goldsmith andhis team kept Timothy alive other doctors workedto keep Celeste in the womb. Drugs quieted Mrs. Keys’ contractions and the de Interest* livery table was upendedso her headpointed to the floor. Douglas Montgomery trimmed Timothy's um bilical cord as close as possible to the mouth ofthe womb, thenstitched the cervix closed After Timothy cameout, Dr. Montgomery said Nothing's happening,” Keys said. “I said, ‘What do you mean, nothing's happening?’ That's when hetold us wecouldtry this procedure.” It was weeks before Mrs. Keys was taken off the last of the drugs to prevent labor. She went home in November but made weekly visits to a doctor, and kly visits from another medical team. Timo sd in the hospital and was on a breathing machine for seven weeks. 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