On July 17, 2008, at 8:38 AM, four quadruplets named Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn were born. All four of them had some degree of medical problems, and their parents were poor and could not take care of them, so they left them at the hospital under the care of the doctors until they were ready to go to a group home.
Dawn Harper, the oldest of the quads by 4 seconds, had some mild breathing and feeding problems, but that was it
Richard(Ricky) Harper had severe breathing problems and was put on a trach tube to help him breathe
Dominic(Dicky) Harper was born with breathing problems, jaundice, and an abnormally low blood pressure
Nicholas(Nicky) Harper was born with triplegic cerebral palsy in his legs and right arm.
At 6 months, they were all healthy enough to go to a group home for babies, where they stayed for a year. When they were 1 1/2 years old, they started going from foster home to foster home, trying to get adopted, but not a lot of people wanted to adopt all four of them. At the age of 6, all 4 of them went to different homes in completely different states. They were reunified in Colorado again for a short time at the age of 9, and then were split up again. They were reunified again 5 years later. Fast foward 6 months, and they were adopted.
The Nielsens:
Father- Benjamin
Mother- Allison
Annalisa- 16(bio)
Carl-15(adopted, bio brother of Susie and Carmen)
Dawn-14(adopted)
Ricky-14(adopted)
Dicky-14(adopted)
Nicky-14(adopted)
Susie-13(adopted, bio sister of Carl and Carmen)
Matthew-12(bio)
Michael-12(bio)
Carmen-10(adopted, bio brother of Carl and Susie)
Anne-8(adopted, bio sister of George and Joe)
George-7(adopted, bio brother of Anne and Joe)
Joe-5(adopted, bio brother of Anne and George)
Jack-5(adopted, bio brother of Leo and Kylie)
Leo-3(adopted, bio brother of Jack and Kylie)
Kylie-2(adopted, bio sister of Jack and Leo)
Teresa-1(bio)
