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INDEPENDENT
Page : A36
SURPRISE

BIRTH

Abrazo’s first-ever baby delivers

her own child there 30 years later
Litchfield
Park woman
welcomes
new baby boy
At Abrazo Arrowhead
Campus, 18701 N. 67th Ave.,
every delivery is special.
d But little Preston Tafoya
s kicked things up a notch.
er Preston’s mother, Lau-
ren Tafoya, was the first
baby ever born at the for-
merly-named Arrowhead
Community Hospital when
it opened its doors in 1988.
So when Ms. Tafoya, a Li-
tchfield Park resident, be-
came pregnant with her son
nearly 30 years later, she
turned to Arrowhead for
her delivery.
“It is just really heart-
warming knowing that I
was able to have the oppor-
tunity to deliver there,” she
stated in a press release.
s “There are not very many
people that are able to say
that they were the first
baby ever born at a hospi-
tal, and then also be able to
have one of their children
IF YOU GO
What: Tour of Mother & Newborn
Care Center
When: 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9
Where: Abrazo Arrowhead
Campus, 18701 N. 67th Ave.
Cost: Free
More Information: 877-934-9355
there as well.”
Ms. Tafoya’s parents, Mu-
riel and Larry Ornelis, were
thrilled to see the tradition
continue.
“I had such a special time
there so I knew she was in
good hands,” Ms. Ornelis
stated in a press release.
Ms. Tafoya had her first
child, Payton Tafoya, 3, at a
different West Valley hospi-
tal because her physician
wasn’t delivering at Arrow-
head Campus.
“But when I found out I
was pregnant with Preston,
my doctor had changed of-
fices, and I was able to
choose Arrowhead,” she
stated.
When the time came and
Ms. Tafoya and husband
checked into the hospital,
Dr. Scott Gulinson, an independent OB GYN on staff at Abrazo Arrowhead Campus, poses with his patient Lauren Tafoya
>> See Birthon page 39 and her son Preston. Lauren was the first baby born at Arrowhead 28 years before. [Submitted photo]

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