They met as babies fighting for their lives. Now they're college roommates.
The two newborn babies had the same critical heart condition and were placed in intensive care rooms next to each other at a Texas children's hospital. Both sets of parents were told their infants had about a 40 percent chance of survival. "It was so scary and stressful," recalled Kimberly Rippentrop, 54. "We weren't given much hope."Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Her son, Seth Rippentrop, and the infant in an adjace