Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Breast and brain cancer patient marries in hospital chapel







It wasn't the church wedding she had planned but time is not on Heather Taylor's side.
The breast cancer survivor, who is also now battling a brain tumour, married in a touching ceremony at St Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colorado, on Sunday.
Nurses and medical staff watched the 26-year-old exchange vows with her boyfriend Jimmy New at the hospital chapel.
While there was no wedding dress, Ms Taylor wore a T-shirt with the word 'bride' written across the front.
Her wheelchair was decorated with pink balloons and her nine-year-old son handed over a bouquet of flowers before his mother was taken into the chapel.
Mr New decided to propose after Ms Taylor had spent a particularly difficult week in the ICU unit, he told 9News.
Doctors had informed Mr New that the brain tumour his girlfriend had been battling since last July had spread to her spinal fluid.
'I came in and lowered the bed down, so that I could get down on a knee, and do it the right way - and I asked her to marry me,' he said. 
After some convincing, his future wife said yes.
'There's nobody I would rather spend the rest of my life with than the woman sitting right next to me,' said Mr New before the ceremony
The couple met in February 2010. Later that year, in July, Ms Taylor was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. 
She underwent multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation but several months ago was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
After her experience, Ms Taylor started a non-profit charity called the Hope for Heather Foundation.

2 comments:

Yasinta Ngonyani said...

Jamani pole sana. Hilo ndio kweli penzi la DHATI.

PASSION4FASHION.TZ said...

Yeah true love! dunia kuna mitihani ya maisha we acha tuu.