…items donated by a number of people they knew. She informed that there were donations for rings, invitations, wedding cake and flowers and said that the money for buying rings was raised by the nurses’ group at the hospital.
The wedding rings were purchased by the hospital staff.
The cake and bouquet were donated by the local community. That’s not all; the hospital staff also planned a reception and purchased treats for that too!
The couple, who have been together for three years, wore protective blue medical gowns over their wedding outfits to protect the groom against infection, as did the minister who presided over the wedding ceremony. Beaming from his hospital bed, Borum told WABC that in spite of his terminal diagnosis he was enjoying “the best day of my life.”