When a father couldn’t make it to his son’s wedding, the wedding came to him. His son tied the knot on the roof of the Intermountain Medical Center parking garage, where he could watch from his hospital room.
Mike Pierce of Draper has been in the Cardiac ICU at Intermountain Medical Center for more than a month awaiting a heart transplant. His son Zach Pierce and Zach’s fiancé Helena Ekonomo were planning a big wedding for later this year but with dad’s condition, they decided to move up the date. They opted to hold the ceremony on the roof of the employee parking garage so Mike could see it in person and they could invite a few family members and friends.
Mike Pierce grabs tissues in his hospital room as he watches his son's wedding
Mike watched out the window of his hospital room, listened on a Zoom feed, and waved a tearful congratulations from his hospital bed as the two tied the knot in a brief but beautiful ceremony.
Along with emotional wedding nuptials, Mike also found out he’s now healthy enough to receive a heart transplant and is currently high on the list.