All of the Byler Sextuplets Are Home

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Just in time for Thanksgiving, the final Byler sextuplet goes home.

Charlie Craig Byler, was released from All Children’s Hospital yesterday.

“He may have to be on a small amount of oxygen,” said father Ben Byler.

To be released, babies must weigh at least 4 pounds and be able to eat and breathe on their own. Charlie now weighs about 6 pounds and is feeding a lot better now, Ben said.

Charlie will join the other sextuplets MacKenzie, Brady Christopher, Eli Benjamin, Jackson Robert, Ryan Patrick and 4-year-old sister Zoe.

Allkids.org reported today that:

While each of the babies had their individual challenges with breathing and feeding, Charlie faced the additional difficulty created by a vascular ring, an unusual formation of the aorta or surrounding vessels that encircles the trachea and esophagus. This can lead to breathing and digestive difficulties, and sometimes requires surgery. Thankfully, Charlie has done well enough avoid any need for surgery thus far, but will warrant close follow-up in the weeks and months to come.

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Fifth Byler Sextuplet Is Ready To Go Home

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Ryan Patrick Byler was listed in critical condition the day after his birth and now he is set to join four of his siblings at home today, leaving just one sextuplet in the hospital.

Ben Byler, 30, and his wife, Karoline, 29, made history on Sept. 1 when they became parents to Brady Christopher, Eli Benjamin, Ryan Patrick, Jackson Robert, Charlie Craig and MacKenzie Margaret. The babies, Florida’s first surviving sextuplets, were delivered by caesarean section at Bayfront Medical Center.

Babies must weigh at least 4 pounds, and be able to feed and breathe on their own to be released. Ryan, who weighed about 3 pounds at birth, now weighs about 7 pounds, Byler said.

Ryan was doing well, Byler said. His release will leave only his brother, Charlie Craig, still at All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.

Charlie’s status was downgraded from fair to serious condition after he needed help with his breathing a few weeks ago. This week his condition was upgraded to fair.

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2 More Byler Babies Homebound

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Two weeks ago the Brady Byler was the first of his siblings to leave the hospital and go home with his parents.Today he is joined by his sister MacKenzie Margaret and brother Eli Benjamin Byler.

Three more sextuplets remain in the hospital: Ryan Patrick, Jackson Robert and Charlie Craig. Neonatologist Carine Stromquis says the four benchmarks for a baby to go home are taking every feeding by mouth, maintaining stable body temperature and respiratory functions and weighing at least 4 pounds.

The family has set up 3 cribs in one bedroom for the babies to sleep in and converted their garage into a playspace in preparation for the homecoming.

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1st Byler Sextuplet Goes Home

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Today is an exciting day for Karoline and Ben Byler.

The first of their six babies has been given the okay to go home. Brady, Eli, Ryan, Jackson, Charlie and Mackenzie Byler arrived into the world on September 1st.

The sextuplets arrived 11 weeks early all weighing under 3lbs.

While all of the babies are growing and getting stronger, Brady has

“stepped up to be the first one out [of the hospital],” Karoline Byler said at a news conference before leaving Bayfront. “He wanted to be the big brother.”

The family has been waiting for this day since the babies arrival 6 weeks ago, by Caesarean section at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg. Brady’s siblings remained next door at All Children’s Hospital with Mackenzie Margaret, the only girl, expected to come home Sunday.

“Brady is the big eater – that’s what he’s famous for,” Karoline Byler said.

Ben Byler added, “And he’s the strongest one.”

That appetite, his taking to the bottle feedings of pumped breast milk, contributed to Brady becoming the first one home. He also was the first baby delivered.

Neonatologist Carine Stromquist, who cared for Brady at the hospital, said the four checkpoints for a baby to go home are taking every feeding by mouth, maintaining stable body temperature and respiratory functions, and weighing at least 4 pounds. Brady, now 4 pounds, 12 ounces and 16 1/2 inches long, has gained 2 pounds and 4 ounces since birth.

He wears a sleep apnea monitor in case he stops breathing temporarily, a condition he experienced several weeks ago. The Bylers were instructed in infant CPR and other care procedures while spending Monday night alone in a hospital room with Brady as practice.

The family has set up 3 cribs in one room for the babies to sleep in. Their house has 3 bedrooms, 2 of which are occupied by big sister Zoe and mom and dad.

No plan is currently in place for when the babies will need their own cribs…My suggestion – corner cribs. They are fabulous and take up the least amount of room. Plus the family can put four together to make a circle in the middle of the room leaving the walls available for changetables.

Ben Byler converted the garage into a playroom, and a space off the babies’ bedroom now has three Pack ‘n Play Playards in which infants can nap and play. The window sill of that area has six baby rubber duckies as well as momma, papa and little sister rubber duckies.

The family also will need something larger than the six-seat minivan they drive when everyone comes home. Four more green car seats and one pink one await the rest of the set.

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Update: Byler Sextuplets Close To Going Home

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The Byler Sextuplets were born Sept. 1 at Bayfront Medical Center in Florida to Karoline and Ben Byler.

The five boys and one girl are the first surviving sextuplets born in Florida and the 14th set in the United States.

Brady Christopher, Eli Benjamin, Ryan Patrick, Jackson Robert and Mackenzie Margaret were upgraded Thursday from fair to stable condition at All Children’s Hospital, and Charlie Craig was in fair condition.

“Sextuplets are so rare that we don’t have a lot to compare them with,” said neonatologist Fauzia Shakeel, who is tending to Mackenzie, Charlie and Jackson. “But comparing them to other premature babies, they are doing very well.”

Jackson this week was upgraded from serious to fair condition after overcoming pneumonia, improving his breathing and being taken off a ventilator. He has progressed well, and was moved out of an incubator and into a crib on Thursday. Jackson is the heaviest at 4 pounds, having gained 1 pound and 6 ounces since birth.

Mackenzie also is in a crib, and the other four are undergoing a transitioning from incubators.

“They are all off IV fluids and are taking full feedings now,” said neonatologist Carine Stromquist, who is caring for Brady, Eli and Ryan.

She said babies must reach a minimum of 4 pounds, take every feeding by mouth, maintain a stable body temperature and have stable respiratory functions before leaving the hospital.

Mackenzie likely will be the first to join their 4-year-old sister, Zoe, at home.

“In a few weeks, I think she will be able to go home,” Shakeel said. She weighs 3 pounds and 6 ounces, having gained 13 ounces since birth.

“She is taking all her feeds, and did a direct breast feeding from her mother [Wednesday] for the first time.”

Shakeel said Charlie likely will be upgraded to stable soon, noting that being sedated for an MRI necessitated him being temporarily placed on a ventilator.

“It is very challenging having them,” Shakeel said, “but very rewarding as well.”

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SOURCE:STEVE KORNACKI via TAMPA TRIBUNE
PHOTOCREDIT:ALLKIDS.ORG

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