No, this isn't about "choice." The children had NO choice to be brought into a situation like this one. They are bound to suffer greatly as a result, not to mention the possibility of health problems along the way.
Some Kaiser members aren't a bit happy:
Kaiser said the number of angry calls declined after the hospital made it clear it had nothing to do with getting Suleman pregnant.
Some Kaiser members also e-mailed The Times. One asked the paper to "cover the discontent of the Kaiser octuplets," fearing that the cost of hospitalizing Suleman and the octuplets will be borne by current members.
Kaiser declined to say how much Suleman's care is costing. According to records from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the average charge for a cesarean section with complications is $7,095 per day.
Suleman's care, though, goes far beyond even the scale for complicated deliveries, with 46 doctors, nurses and assistants in the delivery room. The average daily charge for one baby with "significant problems" is $3,063. And the average charge per day for one postpartum stay without an operating procedure is $3,029.
Using this data as a conservative estimate, the 12-day-old octuplets have already racked up nearly $300,000 in charges. Suleman was hospitalized for more than 9 weeks.
Suleman said she tried unsuccessfully for seven years to get pregnant through artificial insemination and medication. Each of her 14 children has been conceived through in vitro fertilization and using the same sperm donor and fertility specialist, she told NBC. Six embryos were transferred, resulting in two sets of twins, she said.
It was always about the children and their interests. I wonder what the surviving Dionne quintuplets think of this travesty.
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