WE’LL TALK TO MOM AND DAD IN A
MOMENT.
FIRST, THEIR STORY.
>> HI.
>> Reporter: AN EMOTIONAL
REUNION AFTER MORE THAN A WEEK
APART.
>> I WANT TO SQUEEZE THEM.
>> Reporter: PARENTS STARLYN AND
BILL CALF ROFFERATACAFFERATA, BA
FOUR BABIES AFTER THE TEXAS
STORM LEFT THEM SEPARATED EIGHT
DAYS.
WHEN THE COUPLE SET OUT TO GROW
THEIR FAMILY, THEY WEREN’T
EXPECTING QUADRUPLETS.
>> A LOT OF BABIES.
>> Reporter: THE COUPLE
PREVIOUSLY STRUGGLED WITH
INFERTILITY.
THEY HAD THEIR DAUGHTER, ZOE,
TWO YEARS AGO USINGE INGING VE I
HOPING FOR ONE MORE.
>> ONE EMBRYO, FOUR BABIES.
THAT’S ONE IN A MILLION.
>> Reporter: WHEN STARLYN WAS
PUT ON BEDREST, THE COUPLE
TURNED TO SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> FEELING BETTER THAN I THOUGHT
I WAS GOING TO BE.
>> Reporter: SHARING THEIR
PREGNANCY JOURNEY ON TIKTOK AND
INSTAGRAM, FROM BULK DIAPER
BUYING TO THEIR MANY HOSPITAL
VISITS.
>> THOOESSHE’S A ROCK STAR, GUYS
SHE’S CRUSHING IT.
>> Reporter: THEIR STORY
RESONATED.
THEIR VIDEOS GOT MILLIONS OF
VIEWS.
>> WE’LL HAVE SOME BABIES
TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: ON JANUARY 18th,
ENZO, LENNON, STELLA, AND
FRANCESCA CAME INTO THE WORLD.
THE PARENTS EXCITED TO SHARE
THEIR NEWS.
>> WE HAD FOUR HEALTHY BABIES.
THREE OF THEM WERE 3 POUNDS, 9
OUNCE
OUNCES.
ONE 3 POUNDS, 5 OUNCES.
>> Reporter: THE BABIES STAYED
AT THE NICKU AT THE HOSPITAL
WHERE STARLYN WORKED AS A NURSE.
ONE PARENT COULD VISIT AT A
TIME.
WHEN THE STORM SLAMMED INTO
TEXAS, THINGS WERE MORE
COMPLICATED.
THE ICY ROADS WERE TOO DANGEROUS
TO MAKE THE 40-MILE DRIVE.
THE FAMILY LOST POWER.
THEY WENT TO A FRIEND’S HOUSE SO
THE MILK STARLYN PUMPED COULD
STAY FROZEN.
AFTER A WEEK APART.
>> READY TO SEE YOUR BABIES?
>> MORE THAN EXCITED.
>> Reporter: PARENTS WERE BACK
WITH THEIR BABIES.
MORE GOOD NEWS, LENNON AND
FRANCESCA WERE RELEASED.
DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL THAT ENZO
AND STELLA WILL BE HOME NEXT
WEEK.
FAMILY OVERJOYED TO BE BACK
TOGETHER.
>> GOOD MORNING AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE HAPPY
PARENTS OF FIVE.
STARLYN AND BILL CAFFERATA.
WE HAVE FRANCESCA AND LENNON.
HOPING ENZO AND STELLA WILL GET
OUT OF THE NICU SOON.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOSH, AFTER EVERYTHING YOU’VE
BEEN THROUGH, TO THEN HAVE YOUR
BABIES FINALLY HERE AND YOU HAVE
TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEM FOR
EIGHT DAYS.
THAT MUST HAVE BROKEN YOUR
HEART.
I CAN’T IMAGINE IT.
>> YEAH.
THE WEIRDEST PART IS WE’RE FROM
THE NORTHEAST, SO THE SNOW
WASN’T SCARY.
BUT WE -- I WENT THERE ON
THURSDAY MORNING AND SAW THE
WEATHER AND WAS LIKE, OKAY, I’LL
BE ABLE TO COME BACK ON SATURDAY
OR SUNDAY.
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO
CLEAR UP.
>> NEVER STOPPED.
>> IT NEVER STOPPED.
>> YEAH.
>> IT WAS ICE AND SNOW.
ICE, SNOW, AND THE ROADS WERE
TERRIBLE.
>> CAN YOU TAKE US BACK A
SECOND?
I KNOW YOU WANTED A BIG FAMILY.
I MEAN, THIS IS -- YOU GOT A
SUPER BIG FAMILY.
>> WE DID.
>> WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE
ULTRASOUND AND THEY WERE LIKE,
OH, LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE TWINS
THERE, TELL ME WHAT WAS
HAPPENING AS THE DOCTOR KEPT
POINTING AT OTHER THINGS ON THE
ULTRASOUND, TELLING YOU KNOW
THERE WERE ACTUALLY FOUR BABIES
THERE.
>> WELL, AS SOON AS SHE, LIKE,
PUT THE ULTRASOUND IN, I SAID,
OKAY, LOOKS LIKE TWINS.
THEN SHE’S LIKE, WELL, THIS
SACK, THERE’S TWO.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT’S
TRIPLETS THEN.
SHE’S LIKE, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
HE LUCKILY GOT TO GO WITH ME, SO
HE WAS THERE.
I STARTED HYPERVENTILATING.
I WAS LIKE, I NEED A BREAK.
SHE SAID, WELL, WE NEED TO GO
BACK IN.
I’M PRETTY SURE I SAW ANOTHER
ONE.
I REALLY STARTED
HYPERVENTILATING.
>> IF I WASN’T PHYSICALLY THERE,
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WAS BEING
PRANKED.
NO WAY I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED
THAT.
>> I MEAN, HERE’S THE THING, YOU
HAD ZOE, SO YOU HAVE FIVE KIDS.
YOUR 2-YEAR-OLD ZOE, HOW IS SHE
DOING WITH ALL THIS?
>> SHE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER.
SHE IS -- I MEAN, EVERYONE SHE
SEES, SHE’S LIKE, I’M A BIG
SISTER NOW.
I’M A BIG SISTER.
I’M LIKE, ALL RIGHT, IT’S A
LITTLE SHIRT.
IT’S A BIG SHIRT BECAUSE I’M A
BIG SISTER.
>> GUYS, YOU WERE SPLITTING TIME
IN THE NICU FOR VISITATION, AND
THEN THE STORM COMES.
THEN YOU LOSE POWER.
HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT,
ESPECIALLY WITH THE NURSING?
>> WELL, I WAS NOT, LIKE,
EMOTIONALLY WELL.
I WAS DRIVING HIM CRAZY.
BUT I LUCKILY HAD BATTERY PACKS
THAT I COULD PUMP IN THE CAR,
WHATEVER I NEEDED TO DO.
I WAS PUMPING EVERY TWO AND A
HALF HOURS.
THEN WE LOST POWER.
WE WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING
TO DO?
PUT THEM IN THE YETI COOLER.
>> USING THE GARAGE AS A
REFRIGERATOR.
SOME FRIENDS OF OURS CALLED US
UP AND SHOUTOUT TO MELINDA AND
JASON, GIVING US A PLACE TO STAY
AND GIVING US A PLACE TO KEEP
THE FILM FROZEN.
>> LENNON, FRANCESCA.