Romantic "Man With Cancer Marries Fiancée Few Hours From Death"

A man in his dying bed was requested of his last wish by a chaplain at Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Raul “Tiny” Hinojosa, 33, said that he “wanted to marry her. I want her to be mine.”

According to reports from CNN, he was talking about his fiancée “Yvonne Lamas”, whom he has been with for 11 years, fiancée of nine. The hospital staffs were reported to have been moved by this request and had quickly arranged the wedding for the couple hours before Hinojosa died.

Hinojosa was said to have proposed to Yvonne years before he was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The lady, Lamas told CNN that Hinojosa was determined to give me the best fairytale wedding. "He tried saving up, but within that time he ended up getting diagnosed with the leukemia.” A fungal infection of his throat and lungs landed him back in the hospital in October, where he’d been ever since.

In the early hours of today, when Hinojosa made his request, another chaplain drove Lamas to the courthouse for a marriage license application, which the judged rushed to give response given the circumstances, the Amarillo Globe-News reports.

The hospital cafeteria staff began baking a cake and the gift shop made bouquets. Hospital workers hung white sheets in Hinojosa’s room to hide the monitors, and one of the staff members shed his suit so Hinojosa could wear it for his wedding.

A 19-minute video posted by a family member to Facebook shows critical care nurses forming an aisle for Yvonne to walk down. Also in the room were Lamas three children from a previous relationship who Hinojosa raised with her and the couple’s 9-year-old son.

According to the Globe-News, miraculously, no other patients in the unit needed a nurse during those 19 minutes. Hinojosa died just 36 hours later. CNN notes when Lamas signed his death certificate, it was also the first time she signed her new married name.