GIVING BIRTH TO ONE CHILD IS

HARD ENOUGH.ONE CENTRAL TEXAS

COUPLE IS CARRYING FIVE

NEWBORNS HOME TONIGHT.DOCTORS

TELL KXAN MEDICAL REPORTER

GIGI BARNETT THE REAL WORK IS

JUST GETTING STARTED.WHEN LIZ

AND DANIEL HODGES FIRST FOUND

OUT THEY WERE PREGNANT,

DOCTORS THOUGHT THE COUPLE WAS

HAVING TWINS. BUT, THE HEAD

COUNT KEPT GROWING.LIZ HODGES:

"HE SAID, LET ME TAKE A LOOK

AROUND AND MAKE SURE I DIDN'T

MISS ANY. AND, THAT WAS WHEN

HE FOUND THE FIFTH. AND, THAT

WAS WHEN DANIEL AND I, OUR

HEARTS DROPPED." ON MARCH

24TH, SHE DELIVERED:NOLAN LIAM

CONNELLTEAGAN AND DILLON. ADD

IN TWO-YEAR-OLD BIG BROTHER,

ROWAN, AND THAT'S SIX.DANIEL

HODGES: "IT'S JUST REALLY

TRYING TO KEEP OUR SANITY AND

GET SOME SLEEP." THE BABIES

WERE BORN AT 26 WEEKS --

PREMATURE. THEY SPENT NEARLY

FOUR MONTHS IN SETON MEDICAL

CENTER'S NICU...GETTING CARE.

DR. JOHN LOYD: "WE HAD A

SCHEDULE JUST FOR THEM. SO WE

HAD PEOPLE ON CALL, READY TO

COME IN AT A MOMENTS NOTICE

READY TO SUPPORT FIVE ICU

ADMISSIONS AT ONCE. BOTH

PARENTS WORK IN HEALTH CARE --

DAD'S IN MEDICAL SCHOOL AND

MOM'S A NURSE. AS NEWBORNS,

THE HODGES SAY THEIR QUINTS'

PERSONALITIES ARE VERY

DISTINCTIVE.NOLAN IS THE

TALKER, DILLON IS THE MOST

ACTIVE AND TEAGAN, THE ONLY

GIRL...LIZ: "SHE'S GOING TO

RUN THE SHOW." GIG: "WITH THE

QUINTS LEAVING THE NICU THIS

WEEKEND, THE TRUE TEST COMES

FOR MOM AND DAD WHO SAY FAMILY

AND FRIENDS HAVE ALREADY

OFFERED TO VOLUNTEER WITH

ROUND-THE-CLOCK CARE. AT SETON

MEDICAL CENTER AUSTIN, I'M

GIGI BARNETT...KXAN NEWS."

ERIN:BECAUSE OF THEIR LARGE

BROOD, THE HODGES WILL BE