AMC Hospital Celebrated "Wedding" for 4-year-old Bride and Her Favorite Nurse

AMC Hospital Celebrated "Wedding" for 4-year-old Bride and Her Favorite Nurse

The wedding of 4-year-old bride Abby is one of the most memorable events at Albany Medical Center (AMC) in Albany City, New York.

The "bride", 4-year-old Abby, suffers from pre-B cell acute lymphobastic leukemia and undergoes chemotherapy at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at AMC. She told her mother that she wanted to get married to "prince" Matt Hickling, Abby's favorite nurse.

 

Instantly, Abby's mom, Matt, and AMC staffs decided to make her dream come true. And no detail was spared during the touching ceremony, which was planned in 12 hours celebrated on July 16. It was the sweetest wedding that AMC staffs never ever seen. They prepared a wedding-cake, several floral bouquets and put down an aisle of rose petals on the hospital floor.

 

 

 

 

The bride wore a white dress, walked in over rose petals, and given away by her mother while the groom, who sported a tuxedo T-shirt, was waiting her. Two nurses became bridesmaids and Dr. Jennifer Pearce was an officiant.

 

 

The pair exchanged candy rings, and Hickling pushed Abby in a special "Just married" pink car before the duo headed back to the ceremony room to cut the cake and take photos.

 

 

 

Lori Ciafardoni, another nurse at the center posted the video of the ceremony to Facebook and it went viral. The video circulated quickly and received many wishes.

 

"This day will hopefully be one our patient and her family can always look back on and smile when days are tough," Hickling posted on his Facebook page. "I know I will!"