I know that the public school system will make sure to classify a large percentage of ALL children it gets its hands on as having one or more “learning disabilities” requiring the services of teachers who are paid a higher salary for having “special education” certification.
Yes, children who were born very premature often have real disabilities, but these babies’ health so far suggests they will likely have little or no trouble. Within a very few days after birth, all were breathing room air and digestingg breast milk, and as of yesterday’s update only two are still needing supplemental IV nutrition. Many preemies don’t reach this level for weeks or even months. In one of the hospital’s previous reports, about a week after the babies were born, they also reported no brain bleeds yet — these are one of the chief causes of serious physical and mental disabilities in premature infants, and the first wekk after birth is generally the highest risk period for this and other major complications.
While the mother and her fertility doctor and her enabling parents obviously made some extremely unwise decisions leading to this pregnancy, these babies are nonetheless proving to be a medical miracle, and we should all be thankful for that.
I am thankful if they are healthy, however I don’t think they’re out of the woods yet. We’ll have to wait and see.