Dennis Quaid's Newborn Twins in Medical Nightmare

TMZ has learned that Dennis Quaid's newborn twins are fighting for their lives after being inadvertently overdosed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Sources tell us the twins -- Thomas Boone and Zoe Grace -- were accidentally given a massive dose of Heparin, an anti-coagulant. Babies typically get 10 units. Our sources say they were each mistakenly given 10,000 units. The drug is used to flush out IV lines and prevent blood clots. We're told one dose was given on Sunday morning, another on Sunday evening.

We're told late Sunday night, both babies started to "bleed out." Both babies are now at Cedars in the neo-natal intensive care unit where we're told they are stable.

The twins were born to Quaid and wife Kimberly Buffington November 8 via surrogate.

A rep for Quaid did not immediately return our call for comment and there was no immediate comment from Cedars.

We're told a technician stored the Heparin in the wrong place, and when a nurse grabbed the medicine for the babies without looking -- it was the wrong dosage.

A source says the babies are now being given Protamine, which reverses the effects of Heparin.

UPDATE: We're told as many as thirteen patients at Cedars were mistakenly given the overdose of Heparin, but the effects are more critical because of the age and weight of the twins.

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1. We just lost a twin 2 days before christmas..he was 3 mos. old and they had been given 5 shots in one day(dont know what the shots were) supposed to keep them from illness, but both got sick. I hope mom and dad follow up. So heart breaking. great grama

Posted at 4:21PM on Jan 29th 2008 by sher

2. Best wishes to Dennis and his wife. God bless.

Posted at 1:37PM on Nov 20th 2007 by kitkat64

3. the same kind of thing happened to my sister when she was 13. Got a doage of 15 when it was only supposed to be only 1.5. I can't remember what drug it was but she got high.

Posted at 1:36PM on Nov 20th 2007 by chacha

4. Oh how sad! I wish them the best and hope their babies pull through!

Posted at 1:36PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Jackson

5. I've heard of this same mistake happening before and trust me when they say "bleed out" they mean blood comes out of every orafice, including eyes, nose, mouth...

I hope the babies pull through!!

Posted at 2:01PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Kate

6. What a nightmare.Our prayers are with you and your family.

Posted at 1:37PM on Nov 20th 2007 by prayers for them

7. I agree to post #1, whenever you go in to the doctors office and the nurses are taking your blood pressure or giving you shots or whatever they need to do, they are all more concerned about one another's personal life. They completely ignore the patient and it's really frustrating.

Posted at 1:38PM on Nov 20th 2007 by That's true

8. That is horrible. I really hope the babies pull through. No parent should have to face such terror, and no medical personel should be so careless.

Posted at 1:38PM on Nov 20th 2007 by DMC

9. I would never return the kids back to the same hospital. What a horrible thing.

Posted at 1:38PM on Nov 20th 2007 by nina

10. OMG! That is horrible!

Posted at 1:40PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Tam

11. That is a common mistake with this particular medication with regard to dosage. It has to do with the similar labeling. That's why the dosage mistake is common - the labels are exactly the same for the most part, so I've heard. You'd think they would fix that by now. They will probably die. How awful!

Posted at 1:41PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Bam Bam (Pebbles)

12. Great, now you're paying off medical personnel for stories.? Do you respect anyone's privacy? Hoping the babies die for an "exclusive" follow-up story??

Posted at 1:42PM on Nov 20th 2007 by kevin

13. OMG!!! I hope those angels pull through.

Posted at 1:43PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Miss Pink

14. #1 you are friggin' retarded!

Posted at 1:43PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Nancy

15. To OMG/#9

I'm sorry, did I read that right? A "white doctor" that always make "mistakes with people's lives"? LOL! Are you kidding me? You mean, as opposed to all of the lives that are lost perpetrated by black individuals?

*rolling my eyes*

Posted at 1:45PM on Nov 20th 2007 by Bam Bam (Pebbles)

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