Article: And the bride wore stitches Last-minute surgery forces switch in wedding plans

Carl Johnson had a great time at his wedding reception a few weeks ago. Too bad his wife couldn't be there to share it with him.

She was back at St. Luke's South Shore hospital recovering from an appendectomy she underwent the night before.

"At least we got married," sighed the bride, Candice Newkirk-Johnson. "For a while, it didn't look like we could even get that far." The Johnsons had been planning their wedding for months. The service was to be at 3 p.m. Sept. 12 at Virg 'N Johns, a dance hall and bar on Milwaukee's south side. A reception was to follow. Three days before the scheduled nuptials, Candice, 18, suffered severe stomach pains and Carl, 21, took her to St. Luke's South ...

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