Actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins have been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital's intensive care unit after they were accidentally given an overdose of a blood-thinning drug. Thomas Boone Quaid and Zoe Grace Quaidwere born on November 8, and are reportedly now in stable condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Sources claim the babies were given 10,000 unit doses of anti-coagulant Heparin by mistake on Sunday morning and again that evening - newborns usually get just 10 units, according to website Tmz.com.
The twins - who were carried by an unidentified surrogate mother for Dennis and his wife Kimberly - began to "bleed out" on Sunday night and were taken to the hospital's neo-natal intensive care unit, where their condition is now said to be stable.
"This was a preventable error, involving a failure to follow our standard policies and procedures," the hospital said. "Although it appears at this point that there was no harm to any patient, we take this situation very seriously."
The 53-year-old Quaid also has a 17-year-old son with his ex-wife Meg Ryan.
In a statement released to The Associated Press, Quaid's publicist, Cara Tripicchio, said, "Dennis and Kimberly appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and hope they can maintain their privacy during this difficult time."
