The Merrell Family
The Merrell family was extended to a family of four on November 5th 1998 with a pair of fraternal twins, Veronica and Maddison Merrell, A.K.A Roni and Maddie. Maddie was originally called Vanessa but a mistake was made in her birth certificate, so they were told, so they just called her Maddison, The time difference between the twins was 45 minutes.
When Mrs Merrell gave birth to her first baby she was quickly handed to Mr Merrell to hold while Mrs Merrell was having her second baby,
The doctors announced that there was a problem with the second baby and that Mrs Merrell would have to be immediately undergo a sea section and there's a big chance something could go wrong,
as she was wheeled out she gave her first baby a long warm hug and whispered reassuringly into the infants ear "Now now little one don't be afraid, Daddy will take good care of you and if Mommy and your little sister don't make it out, know we love you, please never forget this" as she hands over the baby to Mr Merrell giving him a kiss and a hug before leaving.
As Mr Merrell was left alone with the child he slowly said "Now you must be little Veronica, we said twin 1 would be called Veronica and twin 2 would be called Vanessa. Veronica If your Mommy and sister don't make it out know that I love you, ok!" he admits tears rolling down his face.
Mr Merrell woke up on the chair next to the bed placed in the center of the room holding his wife's hand he stands up giving her a kiss on the forehead,
looking around he see's a small sealed up cot holding little Veronica, his heart sinks when he can't see Vanessa anywhere as he sits down, his eyes filling with tears,
His wife's doctor walks in to check on Mrs Merrell, everything happened so suddenly he could barely remember last night. "Ah Mr Merrell so glad to see you!"
the doctor says happily, how could this man be so happy knowing what my wife and I have just been through! Mr Merrell thought "How is little Veronica?" the doctor kindly asks "What happened to Vanessa? How?" Paul practically shouts "does my wife even know?"
"of course your wife knows Mr Merrell" as the doctor politely explains to Paul what had happened. Vanessa had a collapsed lung and was to spend a night in the delivery room where they could keep a close eye on her.
"Oh I'm sorry, can I go see her? What does she look like?"Paul bombards the doctor with questions
"yes of course you can see her, she looks identical to Veronica" The doctor says "Identical Twins!? Wow what a day" Paul said leaving the room to go check on his newly born daughter.
