He donated bone marrow to save a baby and was the one who brought the flowers to his wedding

The guests cried earlier this month when a girl walked into the wedding party of the woman who saved her life. Skye Savren-McCormick, 3, was the bride's florist, 26-year-old Hayden Hatfield Ryals, a bone marrow donor from Skye.

Skye was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in March 2016, just before his first birthday. That same year, he had his first bone marrow transplant, Ryals, and later, a vital cell infusion. The last Skye transplant took place in April 2017.

Savren-McCormick said Skye would not have arrived at her transplant. final if it had not been for Ryals. "She was so sick," Savren-McCormick said. "I think Hayden is a big hit and why Skye was able to beat leukemia."

A few months after her transplant, Savren-McCormick and her husband Todd received a letter from Ryals who contacted
Be the Match the organization to which Ryals donated his bone marrow.

Ryals and Savren-McCormicks traded SMS and Facebook until Ryals sent a gift to Skye for his third birthday. Inside the card, there was an invitation asking the little boy to be the flower girl at their wedding on June 9th.

After Skye's doctors gave her a good health note, she and her parents traveled to Alabama In the wedding rehearsal, Skye and Ryals kissed for the first time. "I approached and fell to my knees and all I could do was smile," Ryals told ABC's World News Tonight.

Savren-McCormick said that she and the families of Ryals hoped to see each other again soon. "They will be part of our life forever," added Savren-McCormick. "She saved the life of our daughter"