An Arizona man is now looking to focus on his kids’ future, while still grieving the loss of his wife, who died several hours after giving birth to quadruplets.
Carlos Morales,29, and his wife, Erica, met at a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2006.
"I didn't speak any English and she didn't speak any Spanish," Carlos told People "But I asked her to dance and she said yes."
They parted ways after Erica, 36, threw away a piece of paper with his number on it, but were reunited by mutual friends.
Carlos knew right away that he wanted to marry Erica, so they wedded in 2007 in Las Vegas after Erica learned Spanish and Carlos learned English, People notes.
They wanted to start a family right away, but Erica suffered a “devastating” miscarriage.
After undergoing fertility treatment, Erica found out she was pregnant last June.
"We couldn't have been more excited to finally have a baby," he adds. "Erica was taking such good care of herself."
When going for her first sonogram, Erica got the surprise of her life. She was expecting not one, but four babies.
So Erica kept calm, stayed off her feet and was monitored closely by doctors.
On Jan. 15, after checking into the hospital for high blood pressure three days earlier, Erica texted Carlos telling him that doctors wanted to deliver the babies at just seven months through C-section because she was having too many contractions.
Erica gave birth to one boy, Carlos Jr., and three girls, Tracey and Paisely. Erica was having a hard time picking out a name for the third girl so she told Carlos they would discuss it after she was born.
However, Erica died at 1:50 a.m. on Jan. 16 after going into hypovolemic shock, an emergency condition where one experiences a severe amount of blood loss, People reports.
As for the other girl, Carlos choose to name her Erica after her late mother.
Two of the babies remain at the hospital and two are at home with Carlos, who is now attending free parenting classes to assure he knows everything it takes to raise his children, ABC15 Arizona reports.
There has also been a GoFundMe page created by a friend, Nicole Todman, that allows people to donate. As of now the page has raised nearly $250,000.
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