A North Carolina woman decided to hold
her wedding in a hospital room so her
terminally ill father could be a part of
her big day.
Kaila Kirby, planned to tie the knot in
July, but after her father's pulmonary
fibrosis took a turn for the worse, she
decided to improvise.
“I just kind of wanted my Dad to give
me away on my wedding day,” Kalia
Kirby told WBTV.
On Wednesday morning, Kaila Kirby and
her fiancé Daniel Pardue stood beside
Jubal Kirby’s hospital bed at the Carolinas
Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., and said
their vows.
With only a few hours to prepare, hospital
staff pulled together $45 in donations and
bought fresh flowers and cake to celebrate
the wedding, the Observer reported.
About 50 friends and relatives surrounded
the couple as they tied the knot, according
to the newspaper.
And while a wedding in a hospital room
may seem rare, it wasn’t the first vow
said in Jubal Kirby's hospital room this
week.
Jubal Kirby married his daughter’s mother
in a short ceremony last week, WBTV
reported.
Jubal Kirby and Colleen were together for
26 years but did not decide to get
married until it became clear how ill he
was.
“He said he wanted to make an honest
woman out of her,” Kaila’s older sister,
Jessica Harrison, told the Observer .
