{"id":18091,"date":"2020-01-10T21:39:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=296545"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:16:51","slug":"30-year-old-mom-of-7-with-terminal-breast-cancer-is-gifted-dream-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/30-year-old-mom-of-7-with-terminal-breast-cancer-is-gifted-dream-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"30-Year-Old Mom of 7 With Terminal Breast Cancer Is Gifted Dream Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Alisha Harrison was 32 weeks pregnant when she found out she had breast cancer.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Alisha and her partner, Metin Salih, live in Sydney, Australia, and have been together for years. They each had three children of their own when they began dating, and they spent quite some time trying to conceive their first child together. When Alisha finally became pregnant, she had some complications, but the situation began to stabilize around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-7774127\/Mother-seven-terminal-breast-cancer-gets-married-dream-ceremony.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">26 weeks<\/a>. The couple looked forward to meeting their son.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">But six weeks later, she was told she had breast cancer.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296802\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/harrison-salih-wedding\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296802 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/46473224_10156766835779231_2463688228482318336_o.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/46473224_10156766835779231_2463688228482318336_o.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/46473224_10156766835779231_2463688228482318336_o-169x169.jpg 169w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/46473224_10156766835779231_2463688228482318336_o-338x338.jpg 338w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: Facebook\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=665554230\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Metin Metz Salih<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">She was diagnosed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/b5hf6-help-alisha-live-her-dreams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">aggressive stage III cancer<\/a>. A cyst that she had been told was harmless 18 months earlier turned out to actually be cancerous.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">She was devastated, but she pushed forward. She had a mastectomy almost immediately, at 33 weeks, while still pregnant.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Then at 35 weeks, she had a C-section. Her son Isaac was born, beautiful and healthy.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296620\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/harrison-salih-wedding\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296620 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/38171060_1554130073636675_r.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/38171060_1554130073636675_r.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/38171060_1554130073636675_r-254x169.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/38171060_1554130073636675_r-507x338.jpeg 507w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: GoFundMe\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/b5hf6-help-alisha-live-her-dreams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Help Alisha live her dreams<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Chemo was supposed to begin three weeks later. However, Alisha got more bad news.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cWith the challenges of six kids, now seven, raising a newborn and trying to manage your health, you would think that would be enough,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/b5hf6-help-alisha-live-her-dreams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe<\/a> for Alisha reads.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">\u201cAlisha has now been hit with more bad news. The cancer is stage four and has become metastatic and spread to her liver. Basically it\u2019s the end of the line and 90 per cent of metastatic cancers end in death.\u201d<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296617\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/harrison-salih-wedding\/\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296617 lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11797034-6880471-image-a-43_1554269946286.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11797034-6880471-image-a-43_1554269946286.jpg 600w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11797034-6880471-image-a-43_1554269946286-239x169.jpg 239w, https:\/\/d1dd4ethwnlwo2.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11797034-6880471-image-a-43_1554269946286-477x338.jpg 477w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1600px) 992px, (min-width:1200px) 768px, (min-width:518px) 480px, (min-width:325px) 320px, 300px\"\/><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Photo: GoFundMe\/Help Alisha live her dreams<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Alisha decided to make a bucket list of all the things she wanted to accomplish, including taking the family on their first overseas trip to Fiji or Bali. They were able to do that thanks to the generosity of <em>Today<\/em>, an Australian news program.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Another item on her bucket list was marrying Metin. Soon that wish came true as well!<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\">Metin surprised Alisha with a 30th birthday party. During the party, she was blindfolded and led to the front of the room. When the blindfold was removed, he got down on one knee and proposed. She immediately said yes and the whole room started cheering and clapping.<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><a class=\"btn btn-block center social-share facebook\" data-service=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/harrison-salih-wedding\/#\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">\u00a0\u00a0Share on Facebook<\/a><\/span><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thebreastcancersite.greatergood.com\/harrison-salih-wedding\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alisha Harrison was 32 weeks pregnant when she found out she had breast cancer.Alisha and her partner, Metin Salih, live in Sydney, Australia, and have been together for years. They each had three children of their own when they began dating, and they spent quite some time trying to conceive their first child together. 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