CANCER-HIT BRIDE JADE SHOPS FOR WEDDING DRESS; BB star's marriage dream.Byline: By Rick Fulton TRAGIC Jade Goody Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody[1] (born June 5, 1981) became a British reality television celebrity, after appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2002 when she was 21 years old. She later appeared in a number of other programmes. went shopping for a wedding dress yesterday just days after being told she has only weeks to live. Weakened by the cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. which has spread to her bowel, liver and groin, Jade was pushed around the shops in a wheelchair by fiance Jack Tweedy. The couple went to Harrods to look at wedding gowns and browsed for a suit for Jack to wear for the wedding, which is planned for the next couple of weeks. Jade's publicistMax Clifford revealed that they were frantically trying to arrange the wedding in the next couple of weeks and admitted he didn't know if Jade would be strong enough to walk down the aisle. He added: "It depends. Jade felt a bit better so Jack took her out in a wheelchair for a couple of hours but she's very weak." Jade, 27, who shot to fame on Big Brother, has said she is desperate to spend what time she has left with Jack and her sons Bobby, five, and Freddie, four, who she had with former partner Jeff Brazier. She added: "I love Jack with all my heart and I want to be his wife more than anything in the world. And I will be. "He's devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. but he's really trying to hold it together for me. But as soon as he found out I was going to die he just said, 'Right then - we're getting married. You're a special woman, I love you and I would be honoured to call you my wife. "'And I don't care if it's just for a few weeks'." Jack, 21, proposed on Friday at Jade's bedside in the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea. Jade was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in August and then learned that the disease had spread. Earlier this month, she had surgery to remove a golfball-sized tumour tumour or neoplasm Mass of abnormal tissue that arises from normal cells, has no useful function, and tends to grow. Cell abnormalities may include increased size or number or loss of characteristics that differentiate their tissue of origin. . The devastated mum hopes to put money away before she dies to make sure her sons get a good start in life including a private education. She also hopes that marrying Jack will give the boys a sense of family before she dies.Max added: "She wants to give them as much of a family as she can. "Surround them as much as possible with grandparents and family friends." CAPTION(S): WEAK: Jack pushes Jade in a wheelchair as they look for wedding clothes MATRIXPHOTOS.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. |
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