For many dads, giving their daughters a dream wedding, and getting to walk them down the aisle is the final thing they get to do for their ‘little’ girls. 31-year-old Andy Barnard always looked forward to helping his daughter plan her wedding when she was older and promised to give her the wedding of her dreams.
However, that dream came to a halt when his 16-month-old daughter Poppy-Mai stopped eating and drinking, and became constipated. At first, doctors prescribed the baby some laxatives, but when she only got worse, mom Sammi Barnard took her to the emergency room where doctors discovered a cancerous mass in her stomach as well as a rare and fatal brain tumor.
Sammi and Andy had hoped Poppy-Mai would be able to fight the cancer, but once the brain tumor was discovered, doctors explained she only had two days to live. Andy, who had been serving with his squadron in America, was immediately sent home to England to spend as much time with his daughter as possible.
Sammi and Andy decided to take Poppy-Mai home to try and enjoy their time, and the next morning, Andy’s colleagues had planned for a wedding ceremony to take place so that Andy wouldn’t have to break his promise of giving his daughter a dream wedding.
“I couldn’t stop crying. Being our only daughter, we’d often talk about one day watching her get married,” Sammi said after escorting her baby down the aisle to ‘marry’ her hero dad.
“From the moment we found out Poppy-Mai was a girl I’ve said she’d have the wedding of her dreams one day,” Andy said.“I never ever thought it would be like this. Our hearts are broken forever, but I wanted to keep my promise to my princess. It wasn’t how I imagined, but she got her wedding day.”
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Dad ‘Marries’ 1-Year-Old Daughter With Days To Live Since He Promised He’d Give His Daughter A ‘Dream Wedding’ is an article from: LifeDaily