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Friday, January 31, 2014 X Volume 27 No. 12 X Kamloops, B.C., Canada X 30 cents at Newsstands
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BY ANDREA KLASSEN • STAFF REPORTER • ANDREA@KAMLOOPSTHISWEEK.COM
THESE DAYS, THE BROWN FAMILY LIVES ITS LIFE ROAD-READY. A quick run into Kamloops from their home in Pinantan Lake, or even a phone call, can have the 11-member family loading up the cargo van, preparing to head up the Coquihalla with no notice. The trips to Vancouver can last a few days or balloon into stays of nearly a month. “The last time we went, we didn’t bring anything,” says Miranda Brown. “We were only supposed to be there for a checkup and then got admitted. That’s one of the unexpected things. “It was supposed to be a two-hour visit and we were there for two days.” It’s been this way since November, when the small boy with the head of floppy brown hair sitting in her lap first arrived, along with his twin brother Seamus. Right from the beginning, baby Henry has made his family’s lives more interesting. While having twins was new, Miranda and husband Chris were old hands at childbirth.
The births of their first seven children, from 14-year-old Austin to two-year-old Hannah, had all gone smoothly. So, too, had the 39 weeks of pregnancy leading up to Nov. 12, 2013. Over the course of 10 ultrasounds, Miranda was reassured Henry and Seamus were developing just fine. “I distinctly remember them saying,
Expect more.
‘Oh look — four chamber hearts. Beautiful little hearts,’” she recalls. When a pediatrician checked the babies not long after they were born at Royal Inland Hospital and reported Henry had a heart murmur, Miranda didn’t worry. “I thought, no big deal,” she says. “Babies have heart murmurs.” X See DIAGNOSIS A6
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