Overview

• On Aug. 27, Okula posted black-and-white footage from a nursery camera to Instagram on the RN New Grads account he shared with his late wife.
• The clip shows him rocking their son, Crew, and wiping away tears as John Mayer’s “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me” plays, ending with a memorial image for Hailey.
• He wrote that he promised to be transparent about grief, noting some nights he cries in the dark and wishes Hailey could see the life she worked for.
• Hailey Okula, 33, died on March 29 shortly after a C-section, with cardiac arrest following an amniotic fluid embolism previously identified as the cause.
• Okula, who works with the Los Angeles Fire Department, has continued to share Crew’s milestones and raise awareness of amniotic fluid embolism while maintaining Hailey’s nursing education platform.