Mother Gets Dying Wish After Son Gets Married at Her Hospital Bedside: 'A Moment Full of Love'
A mother in Georgia was able to see her son get married just before she died
The hospital set up a chapel in her room so that she could witness the ceremony
Samuel B. Wilson and Nakiuma Wade, who is an ICU nurse at the hospital, then had their official ceremony two weeks after his mom's funeralA mother in Georgia got her dying wish after seeing her son and daughter-in-law get married by her hospital bed.
In a Facebook update, South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC) Health confirmed Samuel B. Wilson and Nakiuma Wade were able to tie the knot after they managed to turn his mother's room in the Valdosta facility into a space fit for a ceremony.
"In less than 12 hours, a hospital room became a chapel," SGMC Health wrote alongside multiple photos from the special occasion. "SGMC Health was honored to help create an experience that will be remembered forever."
SGMC Health added, "At the bedside of his mother, Samuel B. Wilson married Nakiuma Wade, RN, so that his mother could witness her son's wedding before saying goodbye."
"It was a moment full of love that we will always cherish. Thank you to the Wilson and Wade families for letting us be a part of something so meaningful," the medical center concluded.
While speaking to NBC and ABC-affiliated local station WALB about saying their "I dos" with his late mother in attendance, Wilson said, 'Well, it meant a lot to me because my Momma always gets what she wants, and this was no exception."
Wade, who is an ICU nurse at SGMC Health, told the outlet, 'She would always tell me, 'I want to dance with my baby.' She wouldn't go to any other wedding. She wouldn't go. She would say, 'I got one wedding to go to,' and that's the one she made it to.'
The couple then held an official wedding ceremony on Saturday, May 3, two weeks after the funeral of Wilson's mom, Martha Jenkins Wilson, the outlet stated.
The station noted that Martha had been diagnosed with cancer before her son's ICU wedding, which took place on April 11. She died a day later.
Wilson told WALB, 'I think the saddest part about it is Saturday. Momma wasn't there, but I could feel her presence.'
'All of us at the bedside when she went was everything because it's a lot of times people lose family members, and nobody is at the bedside. But we were able to be there with her, so I knew Saturday she would be so proud that she could dance with her baby,' Wade shared, per the station.
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She added of her late mother-in-law, 'She told every listening ear, and they were able to tell everybody. And that's what she would have wanted."
SGMC Health didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for comment.
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