With two teenage daughters at home, Ruth Fox’s pregnancy with daughter Emily was a happy surprise, even though it posed a high risk for mother and daughter.
On Christmas Eve, 1987, Ruth went into labor – a month early. Her family delayed their Christmas celebrations as they anxiously awaited news of Ruth and Emily’s condition.
Tiny but thriving, Emily spent her first days at Holston Valley’s NICU before coming home. Now a married mother of two, Emily holds a nursing degree from East Tennessee State University.