This Cancer Patient Died Hours After Marrying The Woman He Loved For 11 Years

Everyone wants to marry the love of their life. Some are lucky enough to get this wish fulfilled, while for many others it remain an unfulfilled dream. This is the story of a man who was on his deathbed and only wanted to marry the girl of his dreams.

33-year-old Raul Hinojosa was suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and was bedridden in a hospital in Amarillo, Texas. When he was asked for his final wish by the hospital staff, he wished for a wedding with his fiancee of 9 years, Yvonne Lamas.

“I want to marry her, I want her to be mine.”

 

To fulfil Raul’s dying wish, his family, friends and the hospital staff worked against all odds to arrange for a quick wedding. 

 

A cake was baked by the hospital cafeteria and a judge waived the 72-hour waiting period to give them a marriage license. Also, a suit and a chaplain were arranged for the wedding.

 

Raul and Yvonne had been together for 11 years and were engaged in 2007 before he was diagnosed with cancer. The couple had four children, a biological son and three daughters from Lamas’ previous relationship.

 

Talking about her wedding, Lamas said that Raul wanted to give her the best fairy-tale wedding.

“When I walked down the aisle and saw him in the suit, he just took my breath away. He was so handsome. It was priceless.”

 

A friend of the couple streamed the beautiful ceremony on Facebook live. The entire room applauded as the two were pronounced husband and wife.

The union couldn’t last long for the happy couple as Hinojosa passed away just 36 hours after the wedding. But the couple certainly got a wedding to remember and Raul would have left the world smiling.

News Source: CNN