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Romance comes to Elmhurst Hospital After health scare, Villa Park couple decides to wed right now
By Dee Longfellow
FOR THE VILLA PARK INDEPENDENT
“I’d asked her before to marry me,” said Tom King, the groom in a last-minute impromptu wedding hat took place on Saturday, June 10 in the chapel of Elmhurst Hospital. “She just always put it off.” His lady-friend-now-wife Alexandria Dolezal, who goes by Alex, changed her mind after Tom suffered a recent heart attack. The episode gave Alex a bit of a shake-up so Tom insisted they get married immediately — which they did in a few days. The story begins The story actually begins on Wednesday, June 7 when the Villa Park resident was feeling uncomfortable and decided to go to the hospital. “I wasn’t feeling well, it began to feel like there were two elephants sitting on my chest,” Tom recalled. “It wasn’t until I got to the emergency room that I actually had a heart attack. They ended up doing CPR and had to ‘zap’ me a couple of times with the defibrillator.” Tom ended up in surgery, where doctors installed a stent. After that, he just needed a few days to convalesce and then was to be released to go home.
Time to make a decision “Alex and I have been together for five years,” he said. “I had asked her to marry me before, but that was DEE LONGFELLOW PHOTO Villa Park Independent always the end of the conversation Alexandria Dolezal and Tom King hold hands during their wedding ceremony held on Saturday, June 10 in the chapel of Elmhurst Memorial right there. This incident was someHospital. Once the decision to wed was made, they wanted to move fast. thing that I guess made her realize what was going on, so she said, in the Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Bride’s chaplain sister happens to chaplain. Carol’s daughter, Alex’s dorm room. ‘sure.’ And I said, well, then let’s do Pastoral Chapel. Tom’s doctor was be in town Alex and Carol and others from niece, is a student at Northwestern it right here.” neurologist Dr. Donald Lussky who As it turns out, Alex has a sister University and Carol happened to be See ROMANCE, Page 10 So it was decided — a wedding said he had no objections. named Carol who happens to be a in town to help her move out of the
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