A mother who was diagnosed with cancer just three days after getting engaged planned planned everything for her wedding from her hospital bed.
After Katie Welsh's devastating diagnosis, she wanted to marry fiancé Dan Slawycz as soon as she could.
Katie spent six weeks in an isolation unit at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and planned her wedding from the sterile room
The couple got married in front of close friends and family in Manchester followed by a reception at Albert's Shed on May 17, 2016.
After Katie Welsh's devastating diagnosis, she wanted to marry fiancé Dan Slawycz as soon as she could. They are pictured today on their wedding day
Katie, from Whitefield, Greater Manchester was rushed to hospital in ambulance where she underwent a number of tests and scans. Katie Welsh spent six weeks in an isolation unit at The Christie and planned her wedding from the sterile room
'When Dan asked me to marry him, I was over the moon,' Katie told the Manchester Evening News.
'Then a few days later I collapsed and didn't know what the future held.
'I just said I don't care what happens, let's just get married anyway. And it wasn't because I was dying. I just wanted to marry Dan.
Katie collapsed at her home after Dan had proposed during a romantic weekend away in February 2016.
Katie, from Whitefield, Greater Manchester was rushed to hospital in ambulance where she underwent a number of tests and scans.
The mother-of-two was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and was put on an intensive course of chemotherapy straight away.
Part of her treatment included being isolated in the sterile unit at The Christie.
A tumour pressing on Katie's windpipe had caused her to become breathless and collapse.
Doctors said if the cancer had gone undetected for much longer, Katie would have died.
'I was very lucky,' said Katie. 'But when it happened I honestly thought they were going to say I had three weeks to live.
'All I could think was 'How am I going to deal with that?'
'You think the worst. I wondered whether I would see my children again.
'When they said you need to be
