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    WE NEVER ASK WHY

    Sep 18, 2020 5 minutes
    COMPILED BY JANA VAN DER MERWE

    THEY’VE had to face some hard knocks in life: a car crash left Chantel Emery in a wheelchair, then came the shock news that she and husband Rob had triplets on the way. The babies’ traumatic birth on the bathroom floor at home followed – three tiny boys slipped out one after the other at just 26 weeks.

    But then came another shock for the couple: a fourth baby surprised them on their arrival in hospital. Chantel was indeed pregnant with quadruplets. Sadly, the parents were left devastated when one of the babies, Bradley, didn’t survive, passing away 16 days later.

    YOU visited the family twice in the first year of the babies’ life, telling the story of their

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