St. Luke welcomes first newborn of the year
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RONAN – The first bundle of joy born at St. Luke Community Hospital this year arrived Jan. 4 at 2:06 p.m. in the New Beginnings Birth Center, when Billie Boushie of Pablo gave birth to daughter Johnnie Adalia Boushie. Johnnie Adalia weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 17 inches long.
The newborn joins siblings Chance Bremner, Landon and Brandon Rider and Shauntae James. Maternal grandparents are Bill Boushie of Rocky Boy and Cecile Wagner of Browning.
“I was excited to hear she was the first baby of the year, it’s overwhelming,” Boushie said. “I give a big thanks to everyone who donated something; I’m just very excited.”
Twenty-seven businesses contributed to a gift basket valued at nearly $600 for the mom and baby. St. Luke delivered 173 babies in 2011, 26 more than a year ago and two less than its record number of deliveries of 175 in 2009 (the highest number of babies ever delivered by a hospital in Lake County).
Johnnie Adalia was delivered by Dr. Paul Gochis, who has been a doctor at St. Luke for 11 years. He practices out of the St. Luke Community Clinic in Polson and serves as chief of staff.
“I’m just thankful (the baby came) in the p.m., not the a.m.,” Gochis smiled.
The new addition to the family is the first granddaughter for grandmother Cecile Wagner, who has nine grandsons.
“She will be very spoiled,” Wagner laughed.
Boushie says her first birth experience with St. Luke was a pleasant one, stating she was treated very well. The New Beginnings Birth Center was added in 2008, and has three LDRP rooms, where everything takes place in one room. The larger rooms add convenience to the mothers, since the larger rooms have more of a “homey atmosphere.”
