A San Antonio couple exchanged vows inside of a hospital room after the groom was informed he would have to go through an unexpected open-heart surgery.

Lee Tallier and Laura Elliot held their wedding ceremony Thursday at Methodist Hospital Stone Oak.

The couple was originally scheduled to exchange vows two weeks later, a news release said, but moved the ceremony so they could be married prior to Tallier’s surgery.

“I got to marry the love of my life,” Elliot said, “and with his surgery coming so soon, it just made sense to do it today.”

Tallier’s best friend officiated the wedding, and his children served as the witnesses of the union.

The couple first met at the San Antonio Zoo, a hospital spokesperson told KSAT 12.

When the hospital learned about the couple’s intent to marry befor

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