A wedding in the Chicago suburbs came together in less than 24-hours to give a father with stage four cancer the opportunity to lead his daughter down the aisle.
“We were just excited to be able to do something with him,” bride Grace Benway said. “It means a lot to him.”
Dan Benway, Grace’s father, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago that has since progressed to stage four.
Grace Benway and her fiancé, Thomas Decourcey, are set to get married in Colorado next month. Though her father “did really want to try to make it” to the out-of-state ceremony, the rapid progression of his cancer forced them to make other arrangements, she said.
“This week, he has just been in a decline, and all the nurses were nice enough to kind of help us plan something,” Grace Benway said.
Surrounded by lush greenery in the small garden at Endeavor Health Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights where Dan Benway is receiving treatment, Grace and her proud father made their way down the aisle hand-in-hand in front of their family and his medical staff.
Dan Benway wanted to physically walk his daughter down the aisle, but his cancer has taken a toll on him, and he instead rolled beside her in a wheelchair.
“I couldn’t be more blessed at all,” Dan Benway said, thanking those who took the time to put the ceremony together on short notice.
Dan Benway also gushed over his new son-in-law, saying he will be a “great man” for his daughter.
“I’m very blessed to have him with her, and they’re going to be a great couple,” he said. “I couldn’t ask for anyone better.”
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