Jellico Hospital welcomes New Year Baby 2018

​Pictured above with the Miller-Ruiz family are the delivering nurses Melissa Lawson, RN and Priscilla Hollingsworth, RN. Photo submitted.

Joanna Miller and Gustavo Ruiz pose with their son, Leland Gustavo Ruiz

The Labor and Delivery staff of Jellico Community Hospital anxiously awaited their first special arrival for 2018.

Joanna Miller and Gustavo Ruiz, along with big sister Zoey, 7, of Lafollette, are pleased to announce the birth of Leland Gustavo Ruiz on January 3, 2018 at 8:41 p.m. Leland weighed 7 lbs. 1 ounce and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Thanks to Jellico Drug of Jellico, Windham Drug of Jellico, Classic Screenprinting of Lafollette, Dayspring Family Health Center of Jellico, Pizza Spot of Jellico, Whitley County Health Department of Williamsburg, and Riggs Drug of Lafollette for the many donations they supplied for the family and baby.

Leland Gustavo Ruiz