Children's Wedding Dream Comes True
Two Young Leukemia Patients' Greatest Wish Was To Marry
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Play CBS Video Video Kids Marry In Wedding Of Hope Planning a wedding is a dream for many little girls. But one girl walked down the aisle much earlier than anyone expected. Dr. Debbye Turner reports.
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Jose Griggs and Jayla Cooper. (CBS)
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"It was a glorious affair, there were 100 guests, beautiful flowers and great music and a very special bride and groom," Bell said.
It looks like the wedding every bride dreams of, except this bride is 9 years old. Her groom is 7.
Jayla Cooper and Jose Griggs met at the hospital. They both have leukemia, but Cooper's cancer is advancing. When doctors told her family she had just weeks to live, the wedding was her greatest wish.
To register to be a bone marrow donor, please visit the National Marrow Donor Program.
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- This was a touching article. My mother passed away 9 October 2004 of AML. She never could get to a point of having a bone marrow transplant. But she felt that she had lived a good long life. A pray for a miracle for this little girl for her life has just begun.
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