Mahala Griffin-Halvorson, nursing student at Baylor University, gave birth to her son, Hudson, 13 weeks early, while her husband, Caleb, was in the hospital from serious injuries fighting a fire.
Caleb was at the scene of a house fire when the roof of the garage in a burning home fell on him and trapped him in the flames and smoke, NBC News reported.
“I thought I was going to die because it was so hot,” Caleb told NBC News.
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Caleb, a Fort Worth firefighter, went through surgery for burns and a serious knee injury.
Halvorson is in her final semester of nursing school at the Louise Herrington School of Nursing in the Distance Accelerated Bachelor of Science program track.
She gave birth to Hudson at Texas Health Resources Alliance Hospital.
Mahala and Caleb credit their faith, resilience and the support of others that brought them back together.
Resolve to her call
Caleb was able to come home to continue his healing journey. Four days later, Hudson came home.
The experience strengthened Mahala’s resolve to her call into nursing.
“This whole experience has really shown me the value of nurses as more than just a means of care,” she said.
“The nurses were my sounding board. They never made me feel stupid for being mad. They let me sit in my feelings. And they never left me feeling alone in this. They were who I needed, and I hope to one day be the person a family member needs in the future.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Kendall Lyons and originally published by the Baptist Standard.
