HOUSTON -- One boy in a set of sextuplets born days ago has died, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.

Amanda and Tom Stansel welcomed two boys and four girls on Tuesday. The babies were born more than three months early.

Amanda Stansel posted the sad news on the couple's blog Thursday.

"Today my husband and I are mourning the loss of our little boy, Dallin Cory Stansel. Our precious son battled, fought and finally the good Lord took him home around 9:30 a.m."

Doctors told the couple that there was an 85 percent chance that all six babies would be born healthy, but they recommended reducing the pregnancy to two babies.

"It was agony," Tom Stansel said in June. "It was some sleepless nights we had. It was a tough time. Why should I reduce? Which ones?"

The five surviving babies are in critical, but stable, condition at The Women's Hospital of Texas.

The babies weighed between 12.3 ounces and 1 pound 1.2 ounces at birth.

Two of the girls had surgery on Thursday.