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6th Byler Sextuplet Heads For Home

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By STEVE KORNACKI | The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 21, 2007

Photo Gallery: Byler Sextuplets

ST. PETERSBURG – Charlie Craig became the final Byler sextuplet to leave All Children's Hospital today, filling the sixth car seat in the family's recently purchased 10-seat van for the drive home to Wesley Chapel.

Karoline Byler said not long after their birth on Sept. 1 that she hoped her babies would all be home by Christmas. She got her wish, even making it home in time for Thanksgiving. Her due date was Nov. 13, and the babies were born at 29 ½ weeks gestation.

"I'm in shock," Byler said. "Five came back by the due date. Everything has gone so well; we are so lucky."

They were Florida's first sextuplets, born next-door at Bayfront Medical Center, and the 14th set of sextuplets to survive in the United States.

Brady Christopher was the first to leave the hospital on Oct. 18, followed by Eli Benjamin and Mackenzie Margaret on Oct. 29. Jackson Robert went home Nov. 2, followed by Ryan Patrick on Nov. 10.

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