Fifth Minnesota sextuplet dies
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(AP) - A fifth sextuplet born to a St. Louis Park couple last month has died.
Lucia Rae Morrison died Sunday, Childrens Hospitals and Clinics announced Monday. Her death leaves one surviving son, Sylas, from the sextuplets born to Ryan and Brianna Morrison on June 10.
Sylas remained in critical condition at the hospital Monday.
Three of the sextuplets -- boys named Lincoln, Tryg and Bennet -- died within the first week of their birth. A fourth child, a girl named Cadence, died June 23.
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The Morrisons released a statement through the hospital thanking family and friends for support. No other information was released.
The babies were born about 4 1/2 months early. They ranged in size from 11 ounces to a little more than a pound.
The Morrisons, both 24, spent more than a year trying to conceive before Brianna Morrison started taking fertility drugs, according to the couple's personal Web site.
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