LAUREL, Miss. (WHLT) – The City of Laurel has four new residents. Three of the Meyers quintuplets, Allie Ray, Nova Mae, and Franklin Walker, left neonatal intensive care at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) last week for home.
Their sister, Saylor Kate, the smallest of the five, has been home with parents Ashley and Tyler Meyers and older sisters, Paisleigh, 3, and Westlynn, 2, since September 10.
Carter James, second born of the quintuplets, is still in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi.
“We’re looking forward to the day when all our babies are home,” said Tyler Meyers, who brought home Allie Ray and Nova Mae September 25. Ashley Meyers, her mother, Sheila Hutchins, and Saylor Kate brought home Franklin Walker September 24.
The quintuplets were born by cesarian section July 5 at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants after prenatal care at UMMC’s Center for Maternal and Fetal Care.
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Ashley Meyers hugs Dr. Rachael Morris, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, after the first of the quintuplets is discharged from neonatal intensive care. Looking on is LPN Brittney Davis. (Courtesy: UMMC) -
Ashley Meyers and her mother, Sheila Hutchins, wheel Franklin Walker and Saylor Kate through the lobby of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi. (Courtesy: UMMC) -
Tyler Meyers holds his daughter, Allie Ray, while waiting on discharge nurse in the NICU. (Courtesy: UMMC)
Saylor now weighs 5 pounds. Franklin Walker tips the scales at 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and Carter James weighs 7 pounds, 1.4 ounces. Allie Ray now weighs 6 pounds, and Nova Mae weighs 6 pounds, 8 ounces.