Top trending topic online! A 4-year-old girl who is battling leukemia patient in New York who recently “married” one of her male nurses has gained nationwide attention after video of the ceremony went viral on Facebook.
Abby Sayles has been battling cancer for the past year and undergoes chemotherapy, undergoing treatment at the Melodies Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Albany Medical Center.
She grew especially close to Matt Hickling, a 29-year-old nurse who has been by her side for the past year. Abby thought that she had found a knight in shining armor.
Abby decided she wanted to pop the question and ask him to “Marry” her. Matt Hickling quickly response, Of Course, was “YES” and the hospital staff wasted no time in organizing a dream wedding for the 4-year-old girl.
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The mother of Abby “Renee Sayles” alerted Hickling to preschooler’s impeding proposal by texting him.
Sayles told WTEN, “I sent him a text message just to give him a heads up that this was an idea that was in her heard, just so he was not in shock”.
The following day, Abby asked Hickling if she would marry him. Hickling told his co-nurses, “I had to be hard, to play hard to get, and she was looking right at me with those eyes”.
Hickling said “Yes”, and the young girl incredibly happy.
Meanwhile, they even hummed “Here Comes the Bride” as she walked down the petal-covered aisle in a white satin dress and matching white headband trimmed with lace.
Abby could barely contain her excitement as she ran the last few feet and jumped into Hickling’s arms where the grinning nurse-clad in a tuxedo T-shirt-gave her a big hug, video of the ceremony showed.
Watch the full video above!