For nine months, Instagram supporters of Hailey Okula watched her balance the requirements of her work with the happiness of preparing for her and her husband’s first child. Now, this same community is gathering to support her husband and their newborn son in the aftermath of her death.
Hailey Okula, an emergency nurse known on Instagram under the name of a nurse Hailey, died of childbirth complications shortly after welcoming her son, Crew, according to an April 1 update shared by her husband, Matthew Okula.
Matthew Okula’s post presented a video collage of their relationship and pregnancy relationship, which included his wife’s video in work.
“It is with the heaviest heart that I share the devastating news of the unexpected death of my beautiful wife, Hailey Marie Okula”, reads the post. “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, trustworthy and, above all, incredibly faithful. For almost 13 years, she stood by my side in the hardest moments.
In 2019, Hailey Okula founded RN New Grades to support the newly graduated nurses, providing information on work research and the launch in a nursing career. Her Instagram account of new graduates shared vulnerable content when she talked about her pregnancy career and the challenges that she and her husband were faced with infertility and IVF. She cultivated the Instagram community at more than 400,000 subscribers.
“Being able to say that we are pregnant is indescribable,” she wrote during a pregnancy announcement of September 2024. “From my infertility problems, to the infertility problems of my husband, to us must create a special probe because we both carry the same genetic disease, the lots of medicines and a lot of money, the trip was difficult, but it is worth it.”
In the post announcing his death, Matthew Okula thought about Hailey’s strength throughout their trip to parenting.
“Words cannot describe how much we wanted to be parents,” he wrote. After years of infertility difficulties and a long and difficult IVF process, we were delighted to expect the crew. Hailey faced each obstacle with so much courage and love – even if her body has crossed so much, she never hesitated. I will never forget the moment when I broke down, apologizing for the balance sheet that the process would reach it. She held my face, looked me in the eye and said, “We are a team, and we will pass through it. It was Hailey. A fighter. A teammate. A woman who would do anything for the people she loved. »»
The fire service of Los Angeles, where Matthew Okula works as an engineer, posted on the death of Hailey Okula, saying that “crying the loss of Mrs. Okula”. He also underlined the followers of the Instagram account “Housewives of Lafd”, which organizes a fundraising for widower and the new baby.
Many disciples of Hailey Okula responded to the news of her death with sincere messages of support and anecdotes of the way she had touched their lives.
“She was my nurse during one of my most difficult hospitalizations,” wrote a user. “I will never forget his kindness and his quick help.”
“I am really shocked and my heart broken for your whole family. There are no words,” wrote a commentator. “Hailey as such a light in this nurse community. She and I have sent back and forth throughout our pregnancies, and I am devastated to hear this news. ”
“I can’t believe it! She was so excited to become a new mother,” said another. “She even answered my comment, thanking you when I told her that she was the best content producer for her sketches Er … She will miss she !!!”
