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  • 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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