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– Good news: your fiancé has made an appointment to get the coronavirus vaccine. Better news: you are the nurse who has the honor of administering it to him. Best news of all, he introduces you right before you put the needle in his arm. That’s the sweet story from the Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center in Canton, SD, where on December 23, paramedic Robby Vargas-Cortes showed up to receive his COVID injection, knowing that his five-year-old friend, registered nurse Eric Vander Lee, would do that. be one of the people who handle vaccinations, per CNN. But Vargas-Cortes had plans for more than vaccinations in his head and up his sleeve – and that’s where he hid an engagement ring. ‘It kind of crossed my mind that I might just record [the ring] on my arm, “he says to KELO.” That way, when [Vander Lee] if the sleeve rolled up, he would see it there. ”
Uploaded a video to social media media shows the encounter, where Vargas-Cortes helped Vander Lee roll up the sleeve of his left arm so his friend could deliver the shot. “It’s been a bit of a crazy year and … it was a fun ride to have you in my life,” Vargas-Cortes tells Vander Lee when he sees the ring. Vargas-Cortes then begins his official proposal, while Vander Lee’s associates applaud and scream with joy, Vargas-Cortes puts the ring on Vander Lee’s finger and they hug each other. The two men had talked about getting engaged in the past, and when Vargas-Cortes found out that Vander Lee would help administer the vaccines, he thought, “What better chance?” per the New York Times. Sanford Health extended best wishes to its two employees on Facebook. “Congratulations, Eric and Robby!” the hospital mail reads. No date has been set. (Read more uplifting news stories.)