Almost 10 years ago, Shawn Wood married his high school sweetheart, Emily Ann, in the Comox Valley — her dying wish.
The Comox Valley community rallied around the couple a decade ago as they got married on July 3, 2012 in Courtenay.
Emily was diagnosed with Stage 4 aggressive large-cell lymphoma in January of 2012 and underwent various chemotherapy treatments, but near the end of June, doctors told her the treatments weren’t working and gave her three to 12 months to live.
Her dying wish was to marry Shawn, and because the couple was short on cash due to health-related costs, Shawn reached out to the community for help.