Patti Frustaci

Patti Frustaci, mother of four, is pregnant again--with twins. New life, new hope. A voice inside tells us that we should be pleased. But the voice, in my mind, betrays some doubt. Parenthood has not come easily to Patti and Sam Frustaci. They could not conceive naturally and later, when conception finally occurred, it carried a high price. First an infertility specialist helped by administering a common fertility drug, Pergonal.

The seven babies born to Patti and Sam Frustaci in 1985 took the couple on an odyssey from hope to heartbreak: Only three of the infants survived. The septuplets--four boys and three girls--were born by caesarean section 12 weeks premature in Orange County. One was stillborn. The other six ranged in weight from 1 pound, 1 ounce to 1 pound, 13 ounces. During the next 19 days, three of the infants died, all from hyaline membrane disease, a condition in which the lungs collapse after each breath.

Patti Frustaci, who gave birth to septuplets nearly six years ago after taking a fertility drug, has given birth to twins produced with the help of the same drug, her lawyer said Wednesday. Patti and Sam Frustaci became parents of a boy and girl, Jordan Browne and Jaclyn Lee, on Dec. 21 at Loma Linda Hospital in Riverside, attorney R. Browne Greene said.

Patti Frustaci, who gave birth to septuplets nearly six years ago after taking a fertility drug, has delivered twins produced with the help of the same drug, her lawyer said Wednesday. Patti and Sam Frustaci became parents of a boy and a girl, Jordan Browne and Jaclyn Lee, on Dec. 21 at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, attorney R. Browne Greene said.

Patti Frustaci, who gave birth to septuplets nearly six years ago after taking a fertility drug, has delivered twins produced with the help of the same drug, her lawyer said Wednesday. Patti and Sam Frustaci became parents of a boy and a girl, Jordan Browne and Jaclyn Lee, on Dec. 21 at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, attorney R. Browne Greene said.

Patti and Sam Frustaci, parents of the first septuplets born in the United States, Tuesday sued the West Los Angeles clinic and the doctor who treated the mother with fertility drugs. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, accuses Dr. Jaroslav Marik and the Tyler Medical Clinic of medical malpractice and causing wrongful deaths through failure to properly care for Patti Frustaci while she was being treated with the fertility drug Pergonal in the fall of 1984.

The last of the three surviving Frustaci septuplets left Childrens Hospital of Orange County on Friday to join his sister and brothers in Riverside. Hospital officials said that Steven Earl still suffers from a chronic lung ailment, a vestige of hyaline membrane disease which his siblings also suffered. Sam and Patti Frustaci also have an 18-month-old son. Dr.

The first birthday for three surviving septuplets born to Patti and Sam Frustaci was marked Wednesday by disclosures that the two boys have cerebral palsy and all three suffer from eye, hearing and breathing disorders. Janice Corsino, an attorney at the Los Angeles firm that represents the Riverside family, said the two boys have had hernia surgery and all the infants have been attached to monitors that sound a warning when breathing stops.

An attorney for Patti Frustaci, the Riverside woman who gave birth to septuplets after taking fertility drugs, accused the doctor whom Frustaci is suing for malpractice of sending an important witness out of the country so that he could not testify. The witness, Dr. Ezio Zanutta, who practiced at the Westwood clinic co-owned by defendant Jaroslav Marik, also treated Frustaci.

Against the wishes of a doctor accused of malpractice, Patti Frustaci, a Riverside woman who gave birth to the nation's first septuplets in 1985, and her husband, Sam, have agreed to settle their suit against the infertility clinic that treated her, representatives for both sides said Monday. Terms of the settlement will not be revealed until it is made final and recorded in Santa Monica Superior Court today. The Frustacis, whose babies were born at St.

Patti Frustaci, who gave birth to septuplets nearly six years ago after taking a fertility drug, has given birth to twins produced with the help of the same drug, her lawyer said Wednesday. Patti and Sam Frustaci became parents of a boy and girl, Jordan Browne and Jaclyn Lee, on Dec. 21 at Loma Linda Hospital in Riverside, attorney R. Browne Greene said.

Patti Frustaci, mother of four, is pregnant again--with twins. New life, new hope. A voice inside tells us that we should be pleased. But the voice, in my mind, betrays some doubt. Parenthood has not come easily to Patti and Sam Frustaci. They could not conceive naturally and later, when conception finally occurred, it carried a high price. First an infertility specialist helped by administering a common fertility drug, Pergonal.

A Riverside couple and their three surviving septuplets on Tuesday settled their medical malpractice and wrongful-death lawsuit against a Los Angeles infertility clinic for up to $6 million. Then an attorney made the startling announcement that the mother, Patti Frustaci, is pregnant with healthy twins after taking the same potent fertility drug that she took before conceiving the nation's first septuplets in 1984.

Against the wishes of a doctor accused of malpractice, Patti Frustaci, a Riverside woman who gave birth to the nation's first septuplets in 1985, and her husband, Sam, have agreed to settle their suit against the infertility clinic that treated her, representatives for both sides said Monday. Terms of the settlement will not be revealed until it is made final and recorded in Santa Monica Superior Court today. The Frustacis, whose babies were born at St.

Against the wishes of the doctor accused of malpractice, Patti Frustaci, a Riverside woman who gave birth to the nation's first septuplets in 1985, and her husband, Sam, have agreed to settle their suit against the infertility clinic that treated her, representatives for both sides said Monday. Terms of the settlement will not be revealed until it is made final and recorded in Santa Monica Superior Court today. The Frustacis allege infertility specialist Dr.

An attorney for Patti Frustaci, the Riverside woman who gave birth to septuplets after taking fertility drugs, accused the doctor whom Frustaci is suing for malpractice of sending an important witness out of the country so that he could not testify. The witness, Dr. Ezio Zanutta, who practiced at the Westwood clinic co-owned by defendant Jaroslav Marik, also treated Frustaci.

Against the wishes of the doctor accused of malpractice, Patti Frustaci, a Riverside woman who gave birth to the nation's first septuplets in 1985, and her husband, Sam, have agreed to settle their suit against the infertility clinic that treated her, representatives for both sides said Monday. Terms of the settlement will not be revealed until it is made final and recorded in Santa Monica Superior Court today. The Frustacis allege infertility specialist Dr.

The first-born Frustaci septuplet will be released from Children's Hospital of Orange County on Wednesday but will leave her two brothers behind, hospital spokesman Laura Johnson said. Three-month-old Patricia Ann Frustaci, who weighs almost 5 pounds, will leave for the Riverside home of her parents, Patti and Samuel Frustaci. Her brothers, Richard Charles and Stephen Earl "are doing fine, but they haven't gained the weight to go home," Johnson said.

A smiling little girl, eyes twinkling behind Coke-bottle glasses, opens the door of her brand-new home in a tract alongside the orange groves on the outskirts of Riverside. Her brother, smaller, thinner, but with the same sunny countenance, chatters merrily by her side. From the look of it, the boy could be a year younger than his sister. In fact, the two were born but a moment apart, and they had company. Five more babies emerged from the same womb, all under 2 pounds. One was stillborn.

The first birthday for three surviving septuplets born to Patti and Sam Frustaci was marked Wednesday by disclosures that the two boys have cerebral palsy and all three suffer from eye, hearing and breathing disorders. Janice Corsino, an attorney at the Los Angeles firm that represents the Riverside family, said the two boys have had hernia surgery and all the infants have been attached to monitors that sound a warning when breathing stops.