‘He’s with me, and he’s fighting’ (reporting from Atlanta): Brain-injury victim’s wife and parents pray for healing, while trusting in God’s will.
ATLANTA — Raindrops tap the roof of Hayley Waldron’s temporary home in an Atlanta suburb.
It is Day 87, she realizes as she opens her eyes. Nearly three months have passed since tragedy interrupted the 22-year-old’s life and that of her 23-year-old husband, Harrison.
Please, God, she begs. Let today be the day he wakes up and begins his full recovery.
Hayley dresses, grabs a quick bite to eat and sets off on the 25-minute drive to the Shepherd Center, a rehabilitation hospital dedicated to caring for those with brain and spinal injuries.
For the next six hours, she’ll sit with her husband. When possible, she’ll assist with Harrison’s speech, occupational and physical therapy.
They might watch The Weather Channel or the news together. Perhaps his younger sister, Laura, will come by to read the Bible to him, or their parents may visit to hug Hayley and speak softly to Harrison.
“I’m so thankful that I still have him,” she said, “that I can come talk to him and hang out with him still.”
This story appears in the December 2015 print edition of The Christian Chronicle.
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