Woman Cancels Wedding After Being Told Honeymoon Could Paralyse Her

Sarah Kelly was looking forward to her wedding but had to cancel after being told that her honeymoon could paralyse her.

The Mirror reports:

Sarah Kelly had a tumour the size of an egg pushing on her spine and was told the cabin pressure on her planned flight to Mexico would leave her wheelchair-bound for life.

After undergoing a risky operation to remove the mass, she now has to learn to walk again and hopes to be back on her feet by February, when she and partner Lee Killon finally plan to marry.

Speaking from her hospital bed at the Royal Preston Hospital, Sarah said: “If our wedding had gone ahead and I’d got on that plane to Mexico, I would have ended up paralysed. I am determined I will walk again and I want to walk down the aisle with Lee at our wedding, even if it’s with crutches or a frame. But even if I end up being in a wheelchair, I won’t postpone the wedding again because I can’t wait any longer to marry Lee.”

Sarah was just days away from marrying soulmate Lee when doctors called her into hospital after receiving test results.

She’d been suffering from pains in her legs and after researching her symptoms, convinced herself she had Multiple Sclerosis.

On June 3 – 10 days before her wedding – medics told Sarah she needed to come into hospital and would need to stay for five to seven days.

They showed her scans showing a large tumour compressing on her spinal cord.

They feared they would lose out on their £3,000 honeymoon to Mexico but their travel agent helped them to rearrange the holiday for just £230 – getting her an invite to the nuptials.

Finally Sarah was admitted to Royal Preston Hospital for surgery on June 10.

Sarah’s fiance, Lee said: “Waiting for Sarah to come out of surgery was horrible. It was the longest day of my life, then on the sixth hour we got a call to say Sarah was in recovery and doing well.”

Sarah’s right leg is currently paralysed and she has limited mobility in her left leg.

Further scans post-surgery have shown damage to the spinal tumour, but it is unknown what the long-term effects of this will be.

The tumour was found to be a meningnioma – 85 per cent of which usually occur in the brain.

Sarah now faces six months in rehabilitation, learning to walk again.

She said: “Despite the uncertainty for the future, the over-riding feeling I’ve had throughout this experience is how lucky I am that the tumour was found in time. The next six months will be difficult being apart from Lee while I rehabilitate. But what’s six months when we will hopefully have the next 50 years together.