“Our thoughts are with her husband and her newborn while navigating this tragic loss,” said Gymnastics of Boise State.
Boise, Idaho – A former champion of gymnastics of the State University of Boisse, known through the country under the name of “Nurse Hailey”, died on weekends from March 29 to 30.
Hailey Okula died following “complications” after giving birth to her first child, Crew, confirmed her husband on her Instagram account.
“The words cannot transmit the depth of the loss that I feel. Hailey was more than what I could never have dreamed of in a woman and a partner. She was magnificent, intelligent, workers, passionate, reliable and above all, incredibly faithful,” wrote her husband in the Instagram post.
Friday, Boise State Gymnastics published a photo of Okula dressed in orange and blue on its Facebook page.
“Our thoughts are with her husband and her newborn while navigating this tragic loss,” wrote Boisé State Gymnastics.
Boisse State said that Whitu was part of the 2010-12 gymnastics team and “(she) had an incredible career”. During her time, she received two honors from the All-WAC team, who recognize the best students athletes in their respective sport.
Okula also helped the Broncos win the 2011 WAC championships and won three 9,950 on Vault.
Boisse State said that after her visit to university, she went to California and started working as a nurse.
“She paid her passion to teach others through her new professional graduates, helping the new nurses to prosper,” said Boisse State Gymnastics.
In 2019, Okula launched her program of new RN graduates to support nurses fresh out of school, which she said that in her videos was a particularly difficult period for those who enter the medical field.
She collected a substantial on social networks, with nearly 500,000 on Instagram alone.
“Although his time with us was tragically interrupted, Hailey’s love for the crew was unlimited, long before he entered this world,” wrote her husband. “She would have been the most incredible mother. Her mind, courage and love will live in our Son, and through all those whose life she touched.”
A GoFundme page was created to support Hailey’s family.
