Feature: Hospital Wedding

A beautiful young couple were excited for their wedding, but as they started planning, it took a turn for the worst. Twenty-four year old Destani Shafer started having unbearable stomach pains and when she went to the doctor to find out the problem, it was worse than what she had imagined. They diagnosed her with stage 4 stomach cancer, and she was weakened by the terrible news. Shafer is a mother of four children, so it would have been very challenging to care for her kids and do chemotherapy, but they declared she was too weak anyway. The couple's wedding was supposed to take place in Jamaica, but they didn't have the time or money to have it after the diagnosis. As soon as her nurse, Ashley-Shipley Lovekamp, heard the news, she decided to take action and help. She planned the whole wedding in the hospital herself and surprised them. Destani did pick out her dress and rings, but didn't pay a penny; they were donated from local department stores.  According to ABC News, Shafer's new husband Brandon said of the nurse that she was "an amazing person, like a guardian angel." They wanted to let Destani focus on something other than her diagnosis; she had an awesome wedding and it was a heartwarming moment for everyone.

 -Aeriel Corvin