Venue gives bride, 23, her 'dream wedding' for free after cancer returns for third time
The family of a young Telford woman with cancer has thanked an events venue after staff offered to throw her "dream Christmas wedding" for free.
Katelen Cheshire, 23, who is from Malinslee, was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma when she was just 19.
Following a raft of treatments, including chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, Katelyn has twice gone into remission, but while planning her dream wedding to 29-year-old fiancé Billy Green this year, she discovered her cancer had returned for a third time.
Despite the daily trips to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital for chemotherapy, she still wanted her dream wedding, and after finding her ideal venue, Stanford Farm in Halfway House, Shrewsbury, the family said they were astounded when they were offered the scenic venue at no charge.
Katelen's mother, Charlotte Jones, said: "My mum passed away in June from cancer and I knew something was wrong with Katelen. She put it off but eventually she discovered that her cancer had returned. We are hoping after four cycles of a new, aggressive chemotherapy she will be able to have another stem cell transplant at Christmas. She is always smiling, even with everything that she is going through, but I know she really wanted to get married and have a Christmas wedding.
