Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles there was sort of strangers. Well, do you want to get married in the hospital? This might be you. Any Charles words no young couple should ever have to hear. But for Elizabeth Kerr and her fiance, Simon O'Brien, it was a stark reality of their situation. Both contracted Kovar 19 in early January, and days after their positive tests, their oxygen levels dropped dangerously low. They will rush to Milton Keynes University Hospital in the same ambulance, then placed on separate wards for look over patients. Elizabeth told the medics treating her that she planned to tie the knot in June, but that was looking more unlikely. After Simon's health further deteriorated, the re spiritualists came to see me on the other Ward on told me that Simon was going to intensive care. They couldn't delay it and because way talk to them about that. We're getting married and we were on Bond. Hospital staff scrambled to make things possible for the young couple. They secured. A licensed nurse, Hannah Gannon acted as a witness, as well as documenting the event for their friends and family. Moments after saying I do, Simon was sedated and spent the night on mechanical ventilation. With mortality rates now as high as 80% in Britain, Zycie use Ah, happily ever after was far from certain, but their love story provided some respite for exhausted medical staff. You know, there have certainly been moments where you questions, you know? Do we stay within nursing? Is this the correct thing to Dio? But then you experience something like the wedding. Anything? Absolutely. Simon is now out of I c U and has been reunited with Elizabeth on a covert ward. Both are still receiving oxygen, but things are looking up. Elizabeth says the terrifying experience of fighting for every breath has made them realize what really matters. Spending time with the people you love.
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