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she recalls. "I had to spend
the last three months in bed."
On April 30, 1975, Carol
went into labor one day before
her due date. "My husband
was trying to delay the in-
evitable," she recalls with a
smile. "First he was planting
bushes in the yard. Then he
turned on the television and
watched 'Marcus Welby.' Then
he took a shower. I thought
we would never leave."
They drove to Beaumont
Hospital where their sons
were born one minute apart.
"I had a Caesarean," she says.
"There were six incubators in
the delivery room just in case
there were more babies."
"The nurses kept trying to
fool me,' she says. "They told
me to polish their nails dif-
ferent colors, but I could
always tell them apart by the
way they cried."
Her husband, on the other
hand, couldn't tell them apart
until they were 2 years old.
"They were not identical, he
says. "Mark had more hair,
but Danny and Cary looked
alike. "We used color safety
pins and had their names on
their cribs, but I always put
them in the wrong beds."
How did they handle three
at once? "You do what you
have to do," explains Carol.
"Somehow you manage. Bob
was going to school at Wayne.
He came home at 11 p.m. and
fed them and I took the mor-
ning shift. We had a live-in
housekeeper the first five
years and both of our mothers
helped.
"When they were small,
they didn't always cry at once.
When we fed them, we would
hold one and prop the other
two on the couch. We switch-
ed off every time we burped
them. When they were in
high chairs, we put the same
spoon into whichever mouth
was open. Who had time to
change spoons?"
To make life easier, there
were three car seats and a
custom-made stroller. "When
we walked down the street it
was almost an invasion of
privacy," says Bob. "People
always stopped us and asked,
`Are you sure they're
triplets?' "
Predictably, their home was
filled with case after case of
diapers. "We once took a pic-
ture of all the boxes," says
Bob. Carol, who laughs hear-
tily and appears calm and
easy going, grows serious as
she recalls the more difficult
times. "When they were a
year old, they had a virus in
their eyes and were all in
Children's Hospital. They
were very, very ill. Danny has
a scar in his eye, and Mark
has had two cornea
transplants and is blind in
one eye.
"They were hospitalized
many times. When they had
the chicken pox, I was in the
house for three months
straight."
The Hellers believe their
children share better than
most kids. "They had to," ex-
plains Bob. "Financially, it is
more practical for them to
share. They take turns when
I take them to sporting
events, and they share a
television and a stereo."
"They became independent
very young," adds Carol.
"They learned how to do
things for themselves and
each other. They learned to
share because they are used
,
"When they were
small, they didn't
always cry at
once. When we fed
them, we would
hold one and prop
the other two."
to someone grabbing
something away from them."
At birthday parties they
share one cake. "We always
tried to have the parties out
so we could mess up someone
else's floor," says Bob with a
grin.
Speaking of floors, it is
doubtful that the previous
owner of their home had
three 13-year-old boys
because much of the
carpeting is white. "I'm get-
ting estimates on tile," says
Carol. "In the meantime, I
get a special discount to get
the carpet cleaned every
three months."
The bedroom the boys share
is the largest in the four-
bedroom house. Mark and
Danny share a bunk bed, and
Cary's bed is nearby. Posters
decorate the walls and a
basketball hoop sits on the
back of their door. When the
stereo blasts, it will most like-
ly be Cary listening to INXS,
Mark listening to Bob Seger,
or Danny listening to New
Wave music.
While Mark says sharing a
room is fine, Cary would like
his own room, and Danny at
times also would like to be
alone. Says Cary, "Sometimes
I wish there was just one (of
us), especially if we have to
split a little of one thing.
Sometimes it would be better
to have it all."
Is it hectic in the Heller
house? "It's a zoo," insists
Rachel. "It's like the 'Brady
Bunch.' "
"It's crazy," laughs Carol.
"It's fun and insane. And it's
noisy. At dinner time,
everyone talks at once. The
phone is always ringing.
There is a constant path to
the refrigerator, and all of the