By Andrea Nagel
Judy Gustavel’s
family is deeply rooted in northern
Idaho. She was born in Sandpoint, and after marrying
her husband, Jack, they settled in the Coeur d’Alene
area.
“All four of my children were born in North Idaho
hospitals,” Judy explained. “Lynn and Jill were born
at Coeur d’Alene General Hospital, Brooke was born at
Kootenai Memorial Hospital, and Kurt was born at Grit-
man Medical Center in Moscow. We have all received
medical care in North Idaho at one time or another.”
You could say the Gustavel family has grown with
Kootenai Health every step of the way. Jill had one of
her three children at Kootenai, and Lynn’s daughter
was born in 1983 right before Kootenai Memorial Hos-
pital became Kootenai Medical Center in early 1984.
“I remember that the ‘Big Blue’ building was almost
completed, just not open yet,” Lynn said. “The expand-
ed hospital was a great addition to our community.”
A C O M P L I C A T E D J O U R N E Y
Years later, Lynn and her husband, Shawn Taylor, had
triplets, and this brought health care challenges that
could not be managed in Coeur d’Alene.
“I was put on bed rest at 24 weeks,” Lynn said.
“Because I was a high-risk pregnancy, Sacred Heart
in Spokane was my best alternative. Kootenai didn’t
have the facilities or technology to help at that point in
time.”
Growing
Wit�
Kootenai
E X P A N D I N G
S E R V I C E S W I L L
H E L P K E E P
F A M I L I E S F R O M
I D A H O , I N I D A H O
The Taylor boys are happy and healthy today, thanks to neonatal care that will be available at Kootenai Health in the near future. From
left: Max, Shawn, Lynn, Ian and Gus Taylor.
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FESTIVAL OF TREES
