Post by Julie Ryan Evans
The images of Lana Kuykendall being reunited with her twin babies at last are unbearably bittersweet. Yesterday the 36-year-old mother held the 1-month-old babies for the first time since she was stricken with a flesh-eating bacteria just days after their birth. Since she was admitted to the hospital on May 11, she's had almost 20 surgeries as she's battled the bacteria. Fortunately, she's been able to avoid the amputation of any limbs, and she was able to hold twins Abigail and Ian in her own arms. It's absolutely impossible to imagine her joy and that of her family after everything she's been through and given how close she was to losing her life and never holding them again. She still can't speak, but family members say she's become more responsive and has tried to communicate by pointing, blinking, and mouthing words. Her brother told Reuters, "Lana grinned from ear to ear when she was holding them."![]()
The images of Lana Kuykendall being reunited with her twin babies at last are unbearably bittersweet. Yesterday the 36-year-old mother held the 1-month-old babies for the first time since she was stricken with a flesh-eating bacteria just days after their birth. Since she was admitted to the hospital on May 11, she's had almost 20 surgeries as she's battled the bacteria. Fortunately, she's been able to avoid the amputation of any limbs, and she was able to hold twins Abigail and Ian in her own arms. It's absolutely impossible to imagine her joy and that of her family after everything she's been through and given how close she was to losing her life and never holding them again. She still can't speak, but family members say she's become more responsive and has tried to communicate by pointing, blinking, and mouthing words. Her brother told Reuters, "Lana grinned from ear to ear when she was holding them."