Phil Masturzo/AP The hospital staff, which has become a second family to the couple, arranged the ceremony on short notice. A hospital room has become so comfortable for the parents of a cancer stricken 4-year-old it became a natural place for their wedding.
Sarah Lewis, 27, and William Cramer, 28, tied the knot Christmas morning in their son Billy's room at the Akron Children's Hospital, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.
The Ohio couple told the newspaper they have spent the equivalent of six full months at the medical center in the past year as Billy has undergone extensive treatment for his neuroblastoma - a cancer of tissues near his left kidney.
"This has been our second home the past year," Sarah told the newspaper. "It shows we're going to be together for the long haul."
Families of children with serious illnesses often have to make big sacrifices and the couple of six years said they had made other plans for the nuptials that fell through.
Phil Masturzo/AP The couple had made other plans before but they had to cancel because of frequesnt visits to the hospital for their son’s treatment. With their relatives in town for Christmas they decided this was the right time to get married.
Plus this way they got to be with their new extended family - the hospital staff that has been caring for the eldest son.
The staff decorated the room with a lighted arch and sprinkled rose petals along the floor, the newspaper reported. Many staff members attended the brief ceremony.
"Forty-eight hours, we threw a wedding. It was pretty cool," Courtney Culbertson, a nurse practitioner, told the newspaper. "It's my first hospital wedding. It's very special. It's the Christmas miracle."
Phil Masturzo/AP William and Sarah Cramer, of Mogadore, Ohio sit with their children, from left, Billy, 4, Delaney, 1, and Mason, 2, after they wed in Billy’s hospital room on Christmas. Sarah, whose “gown” consisted of gray pants and black shirt, had to take a leave from nursing school to care for her son, but said she plans to finish and hopes to one day work at the hospital.
Billy has had extensive treatment including chemotherapy, surgery, and a bone marrow transplant nut his doctors are optimistic about his future health.
He is a patient in clinical immunotherapy trial and Dr. John Fargo said so far there is no longer any sign of the disease in his blood.
"He's doing great. He's quite a trooper," Fargo told the newspaper. "He tolerates the therapy pretty well. He's quite the little kid."
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