Cancer patient gets married in hospital, hours before her death
What's the story
In a heartbreaking incident, a breast cancer patient got married at a Connecticut hospital on December 22, 18 hours before she died. Heather Mosher, a 31-year-old school psychologist from New Jersey, wore a wedding dress, a wig, and said marital vows with David Mosher, underneath her oxygen mask. She died the next day, on December 23. Read on for more.
Backstory
Heather died the same day David proposed to her
Heather and David met at a swing-dancing class in 2015 and were soon inseparable. David intended to propose marriage to her on December 23, 2016. However, she was diagnosed with cancer the same day. But despite the terrible news, David asked Heather to be his wife as he had planned - under a street light after a horse-drawn carriage ride. And she said yes.
Details
Heather was on life support since November
Five days later, they discovered that Heather's cancer was triple negative, an aggressive and rare form. By September 2017, the cancer had spread to Heather's brain. She was put on a ventilator two months later. On doctors' advice, they got married sooner than they had planned (December 30, 2017) in the chapel of Hartford's St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center amid friends and family.
Saying goodbye
Heather's story is winning the internet and people's hearts
Heather's story, her zeal to live and approach towards death is inspiring people across the world. "She was tough. Anyone would have given up a long time ago." Even the doctors were bewildered at her still being here, David told The Independent. Despite her cancer, David proposed to her because he wanted her "to know she's not going to go down this road alone."