Atlanta, GA 12/8/2007 4:45:46 AM
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Mom dies having triplets, husband left devastated

Andrue Smith was left devastated after his wife died having triplet boys. The 28-year-old said the babies were born last Friday six weeks premature. He says after wife Debbie Smith gave birth to their sons, she sudden got ill.

Doctors were not able to save her. “My wife’s heart had stopped beating. Her body suffered and her brain suffered…It’s not the kind of thing people will recover from,” says Andrue. So  he decided to cut life support.

 

The triplets - Legend, Tristian, and Jaisyn – is what keeps him strong, Andrue says. “My wife, I know she’d expect me to be strong and she’d want me to take care of those kids,” he added. “It’s going to be very, very hard. I can’t imagine life without her.”

 

The Tucson, Arizona resident is a full-time construction worker, but says he doesn’t know how he is going to afford to raise three babies.

 

Contributions to Smith and the triplets are being collected at the Victory Assembly of God Church in Tucson. “Absolutely anything anybody can help out with or contribute, I’d be very happy to accept anything. I’ve got my babies, my three boys to worry about, and that’s what’s keeping me strong.”

 

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