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Monica went into labor with her triplets at home at 26 weeks. Despite plans to deliver in Nashville, her husband rushed her 10 minutes from home to Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, where the boys were delivered. By that night, all three boys had been transferred and were settled in at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

They were so small, two had eyes still fused shut. One needed bowel surgery within hours. Each baby had their own ambulance team. Monica was transferred, too.

When she got to Monroe Carell, Monica didn’t just meet nurses—she met the people who would guide her through more than 100 days in the neonatal intensive care unit. “We weren’t expecting any of this,” she said. “But they held my hand, they kept the boys together, and they were our lifeline.”

Her oldest son, Carter, had to wait weeks before he could even hold his brothers. Today, he reads to them. Feeds them. Protects them.

The triplets are 2 years old now—growing, hitting milestones and filling their tiny house with noise, toys and joy. “They still text me to check in,” Monica said about the NICU team. “That’s the part no one tells you—how much they love your babies like you do.”

Click the link to learn more about the triplets’ birth and the family’s NICU journey. https://news.vumc.org/2025/07/31/the-...

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