Kyle Wicklund had a romantic proposal all planned out. He would ask his girlfriend, Victoria Caetano, to marry him on a New Jersey beach and then hold an engagement party at the nearby restaurant where the couple first met.

With their families’ help, he’d come up with an idea to make it a complete surprise for her.

And he always knew he wanted to get down on one knee.

“I wanted to make it traditional but also picture perfect for her because I know it's something that we're going to remember for the rest of our lives,” Wicklund, 25, tells TODAY.com.

But days before the happy moment was supposed to happen in July, he ended up in the hospital with a frightening and unexpected health crisis.

Wicklund’s legs suddenly gave out on him while he was at his home in Indianapolis, Indiana, and th

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