Montreal hospital turns into Christmas wedding venue
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In spite of everything Daves Lachance considers himself lucky - he got to spend Christmas Day with the love of his life, Kelly Bédard.
In spite of everything Daves Lachance considers himself lucky – he got to spend Christmas Day with the love of his life, Kelly Bédard.
“It’s been seven months since she’s been here,” he told Global News.
“Here” is the Royal Victoria Hospital.
On June 22, Kelly gave birth to a little girl, Rose, three months early. It was an induced birth, said Dave, because Kelly was diagnosed with a rare type of ovarian cancer.
Kelly has been in hospital since then.
“She has a 5 and 10 percent chance of survival. She’s sick, very sick,” he said fighting back tears, “and she sleeps practically all day.”
The couple has seven children in all. Rose is the only girl.
With all this happening, notary Liat Lev-Ary said, Bédard wanted to make Christmas Day special.
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