Hospital celebrates first baby of 2019

January 9, 2019 10:15 am
Courtesy Grays Harbor Community Hospital Mathanual Anthony Joseph Fruchella, bottom right, was the first baby of 2019 delivered at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. He’s pictured here with his parents and sister.
Courtesy Grays Harbor Community Hospital Mathanual Anthony Joseph Fruchella, bottom right, was the first baby of 2019 delivered at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. He’s pictured here with his parents and sister.

Grays Harbor Community Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2019 into the world early Tuesday. At 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and 20 inches long, Mathanual Anthony Joseph Fruchella was born at 12:09 a.m. Jan. 1 to Bonnie and William Robert Fruchella.

Mathanual joins his sister, Neveah Ray Trinity Fruchella, who is very excited about having a new little brother.

GHCH Public Relations Director Nancee Long also noted that Dr. Jarrett Riley and Highland Pediatrics provided the family with $150 worth of goodies for the new baby.

The Family Birth Center at Grays Harbor Community Hospital delivered 412 babies in 2018.

For more about the hospital’s birth center, visit www.ghcares.org.