Second Trinidad sextuplet dies
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Trinidad Express newspaper has reported that a second child from the Caribbean’s first sextuplets died on Wednesday.
The youngest of the six, Paeton Christopher Lee Foon Cummings, died at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Mt Hope Women’s Hospital, the report said.
The eldest, a baby boy who was named Kaelon Nasir Lee-Foon Cummings, died from upper gastrointestinal bleeding on March 30.
The Express reported that “baby six”—the youngest—developed an infection over the weekend and had to go back to the ventilator as he was unable to breathe on his own.
Three of the babies have been released from the hospital and are at home with their parents, while one remains in the care of the NICU.
The babies were born to Petra Lee Foon, a teacher, and Kieron Cummings, a bank employee on March 4.
The other babies are: Kaylee Robyn, Persia Meleigh, Shaelon Peter, and Syrai Kayla.
