A mum who was diagnosed with a deadly brain tumour while pregnant has been able to book her wedding - thanks to a fundraising stranger.
Bethany Wright, 26, and Cameron Murphy, 29, will tie the knot on Valentine's Day next year.
The pair met in 2022 and fell in love instantly, but Bethany was diagnosed with a grade three brain tumour in March 2024, while she was 34-weeks pregnant with their son Alfie, now one.
Bethany had an operation to remove 85 percent of the tumour followed by 33 sessions of radiotherapy.
She was undergoing 12 sessions of chemo but has had to stop because of the side effects - reducing the time she has with Cameron and Alfie, she said.
Bethany's dearest wish is to marry Cameron before she's too sick, and a kind stranger, Shane Yerrell, 41, raised nearly £3,000 which the couple have used to book their wedding venue.
Shane, a support worker from Waltham Abbey, Essex, UK has been fundraising for strangers since 2011, and has raised money by walking the Great Wall of China and climbing Kilimanjaro.
He created a JustGiving page to raise the money for Bethany and a heartwarming video shows the two meeting.
Bethany Wright, 26, and Cameron Murphy, 29, will tie the knot on Valentine's Day next year.
The pair met in 2022 and fell in love instantly, but Bethany was diagnosed with a grade three brain tumour in March 2024, while she was 34-weeks pregnant with their son Alfie, now one.
Bethany had an operation to remove 85 percent of the tumour followed by 33 sessions of radiotherapy.
She was undergoing 12 sessions of chemo but has had to stop because of the side effects - reducing the time she has with Cameron and Alfie, she said.
Bethany's dearest wish is to marry Cameron before she's too sick, and a kind stranger, Shane Yerrell, 41, raised nearly £3,000 which the couple have used to book their wedding venue.
Shane, a support worker from Waltham Abbey, Essex, UK has been fundraising for strangers since 2011, and has raised money by walking the Great Wall of China and climbing Kilimanjaro.
He created a JustGiving page to raise the money for Bethany and a heartwarming video shows the two meeting.
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00:00Hi, my name is Bethany Wright. Last year I was diagnosed with a grade 3 astrocytoma.
00:16Shane got in contact with me through Facebook and set up a fundraising page and has managed
00:22to raise such a good amount of money to help me and my partner Cameron put the money towards
00:28our wedding which we didn't think we would be able to have. My plans for the future are
00:33to spend as much time with family, get to watch Alfie grow up, be a mum and yeah, just
00:40don't want to miss out on anything with Alfie. My name is Shane Yerrell and I read Bethany's
00:44story on the Daily Record. After I read the story I found myself feeling really sad. She's
00:50so young and she's only just become a mum. So I put a comment on the post on Facebook
00:54and just said if anyone knows Bethany, please reach out. I asked if there's anything she
00:58wanted to do and she explained that the one thing she wanted to do was to marry her partner
01:02before she becomes too unwell. So that's why I set up the Just Giving page to help her
01:07have a special day that she deserves. I found it really sad that somebody so young is fighting
01:12a brain tumour and she's just become a mum and I just want her to have a special day.
01:16So I hope that the money raised from the page helps her to enjoy the special day that she
01:20deserves. I feel really proud of you, like even talking to you on the phone, you're so
01:24strong and if I was ill, as ill as you are, I would like to be the way you are. You're
01:30so strong and you're always so positive. So just stay as you are, stay true to yourself.
01:35You're so inspirational because a lot of people could be really negative going through what
01:39you're going through and you're on the phone, on voice note, you're always really sweet
01:43and upbeat. I just like you positive. That's all you can do. Your little boy must be proud
01:47as well. Bless him. Gotta keep going for them. Gotta keep going.