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Boy Battling Cancer Proposes to Favorite Nurse Who He Calls ‘Tall Sarah’

Five-year-old cancer patient "Iron" Gideon Robinson asks his favorite nurse to marry him at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.

Five-year-old “Iron” Gideon Robinson is battling leukemia, but he`s not fighting alone. Along with family, friends and his doctors, Gideon also has “Tall Sarah,” on his side — a nurse he has grown especially close to. So close, in fact, that Gideon asked Sarah to marry him with a proposal that brought the staff at Rady Children`s Hospital in San Diego to tears. Kimberly Cheng reports for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016.

You can keep up with Gideon through his Facebook page the Adventures of Iron Gideon.