{"id":10741,"date":"2017-06-14T13:41:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T19:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=10741"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:01:27","slug":"granting-a-last-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/granting-a-last-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"Granting a last wish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_10742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10742\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10742 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast.webp\" alt=\"George Neurberger, hooked up to oxygen, sits in his hospital bed with his son, George III and his new wife.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065347\/Wedding-toast-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George Neuberger Jr., who is struggling with lung cancer, achieved his goal of seeing his son, George III get married. George Jr. could not leave to attend the wedding, so hospital staffers brought the wedding to him. In the hospital chapel, he toasts the newlyweds, Jenna and George Neuberger. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When George Neuberger Jr., 59, was admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-university-of-colorado-hospital-uch\/\">University of Colorado Hospital<\/a> five weeks ago, his doctors had to deliver sad news. Along with a severe blood clot in his leg, he had lung cancer, which had spread to his bones.<\/p>\n<p>George told them they must be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have cancer. I have a wedding to go to,\u201d he said with a sly smile.<\/p>\n<p>George\u2019s oldest son, George Neuberger III, 32, was set to marry his fianc\u00e9e, Jenna Prewitt, 25, on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>Cancer has made it tough for George to breathe and he\u2019s losing weight fast. He\u2019s in critical condition. But excitement about three special days this month has been keeping him alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping for a trifecta. My birthday is June 16. The wedding is June 17. And Father\u2019s Day is June 18,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n<p>He asked his caregivers if they would allow him to travel to George and Jenna\u2019s wedding in Genesee. Unfortunately, he\u2019s too ill to leave the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>So instead, a team of nurses, social workers, chaplains and respiratory therapists worked with George\u2019s family to cook up a surprise for George.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, nurses dressed George in a suit coat over his hospital gown, rigged up his oxygen and medications and wheeled him down in his bed to the hospital chapel. Some of George\u2019s nurses, who had just completed a night shift, raced home and changed into summery dresses, then returned to the hospital. Others joined a teary audience in scrubs. Votive candles lined a short aisle in the chapel. A stained-glass window provided a beautiful backdrop while a guitarist played and sang. Waiting for George, Jr. was his son, dressed in a suit and wearing a boutonniere with peach roses. Jenna stood by his side in a simple, cream-colored sleeveless gown with sparkly rhinestones around her waist. She carried a matching bouquet and was joined by her mother and sister.<\/p>\n<p>If George couldn\u2019t come to the wedding, then the wedding would come to George.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10745\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding.webp\" alt=\"Nurse Tiffanie Miller says goodbye to her patient, George Neuberger Jr. as he sits in his hospital bed.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/14065651\/Nurse-hugs-patient-after-wedding-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurse Tiffanie Miller says goodbye to her patient, George Neuberger Jr. after his son&#8217;s wedding in the hospital chapel. Miller worked the night shift, went home to put on dressy clothes, then returned to the hospital for the wedding. A team of hospital staff members helped Neuberger&#8217;s family surprise him with the wedding. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The nurses had told George only that he was getting a surprise. When he entered the chapel, he looked around stunned, then grinned as tears spilled from his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable. Fantastic,\u201d George said.<\/p>\n<p>Family friend, Terren Wise, a minister at Shiloh Christian Church in Fort Collins, led the couple in their vows. Everyone wept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth of you have felt love and have known love because of the people in this room,\u201d Wise told George and Jenna. \u201cMarriage and life don\u2019t always go the way we plan, hope or expect. So grow in your love, because that is what gets you through those times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the family members shared a toast and George pronounced himself thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI accomplished what I wanted. I actually made it to the wedding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George\u2019s wife, Lyny Neuberger, said she has been overwhelmed in recent weeks by both joy and sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband was rarely sick and almost never goes to the doctor. But on May 10, he had a sore leg and a swollen foot. He went to his doctor in Aurora, who said he needed to go straight to an emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>The ambulance brought them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-university-of-colorado-hospital-uch\/\">University of Colorado Hospital<\/a>. Lyny has been grateful every day since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor cancer, this is the place,\u201d Lyny said. \u201cIt has been an amazing experience: the nurses, the care, the food, even the parking guy who makes sure I\u2019m OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has been deeply touched by the kindness staff members have shown her husband and family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho else would have done this?\u201d she said looking around at vases of cheery yellow sunflowers and purple irises, the bridal bouquet and a chocolate wedding cake, all provided \u2014 along with soothing live music \u2014 by hospital staffers.<\/p>\n<p>Lyny marveled at caretakers who had morphed into wedding planners to give their family a special memory.<\/p>\n<p>While she\u2019s sad about George\u2019s illness, she wants to share an important message about how to live. Both she and her husband have been smokers for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were young, (smoking) was a rite of passage,\u201d she said. \u201cWe knew (it was bad for our health), but it\u2019s so hard to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her advice now: \u201cdon\u2019t ever start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her husband smoked a cigarette on the way to the doctor\u2019s office. Then as Lyny said, \u201che went straight from his desk to his deathbed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jenna and George III said their decision to get married in the hospital was an easy one. Jenna lost her own father to cancer two years ago and learned some powerful lessons: \u201cLife is short. Take it on and embrace what comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The couple will go ahead with their second wedding ceremony on Saturday and will stream it via Skype to George\u2019s hospital room.<\/p>\n<p>Nurses who adore him will be by his side.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten to know Mr. Neuberger very well. They\u2019re an amazing family,\u201d said Emma Muehlberg, one of his nurses on the Medical-Surgical Progressive Care Unit. \u201cOne of his last wishes was fulfilled here at the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he\u2019s wishing for now, George said, \u201cI\u2019ve already got it. All three of my boys are happy and married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><i><span style=\"color: #000000\">Update: We are sad to report that George Neuberger died on Thursday<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #000000\">. <em>Friends of the Neuberger family have created a GoFundMe campaign to help cover medical expenses. Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/2p9cj-georges-last-wish\">here <\/a>to donate.<\/em><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When George Neuberger Jr., 59, was admitted to University of Colorado Hospital five weeks ago, his doctors had to deliver sad news. 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