Katie Kirkpatrick 21 year old cancer victim dies 5 days after wedding

[Just Me]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/katie.asp

Nice pictures of her and her wedding....(same picture on both sites)




and this is from http://bop.nppa.org/2006/still_photography/winners/OES/67966/134496.html

Katie Kirkpatrick, 21, held off cancer to celebrate the happiest day of her life. Katie had chased cancer, once only to have it return-to clog her lungs and grab hold of her heart. Breathing was difficult now, she had to use oxygen. The pain in her back was so intense it broke through the morphine that was supposed to act as a shield. Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.

[tanya2012]

Wow that brought me to tears reading it. 

RIP Katie

[Its Me De]

Wow! What an amazing story! It's awesome that they went ahead and had their beautiful ceremony. I hope her husband was o.k. after she passed away.

RIP Katie   You made a beautiful bride

[Jeneris]

[quote author=Just Me link=topic=19434.msg1248526#msg1248526 date=1239739163]
Her organs were shutting down but it would not stop her from marrying Nick Godwin, 23, who was in love with Katie since 11th grade.
[/quote]

If that isn't love, I don't know what is. 

RIP Katie

[neenerneener]

so sad, but such a beautiful story.



RIP Katie. 

[sue_vicious]

Huh. Kirkpatrick is my maiden name.
Rip Katie

[nestlequikie]

It is making the rounds on the internet because Katie's daddy just passed away in March. 

From cancer. 


CAPTION:  Dave Kirkpatrick gives the thumbs up to his new son in law while admiring the couple with his wife Niki Kirkpatrick, right, after Nick and Katie got married at Church of Christ in Hazel Park on Saturday January 15, 2005.


RIP Katie
RIP Dave

Blessings to you for your losses, Niki. 

[mydeathspace]

I wonder if they took out a nice life insurance policy before she passed.


It's good to be positive about these things.

[moosella]

This article has a bunch of info-

http://www.brain-cancer-net.org/news/brain-cancer-news-0003.htm

[Chauncy]

Wow. This picture really got to me. 

[butterflykim]

[quote author=moosella link=topic=19434.msg1248805#msg1248805 date=1239757151]
This article has a bunch of info-

http://www.brain-cancer-net.org/news/brain-cancer-news-0003.htm

[/quote]

this email is making its way around again. I read it, then wondered if the story was true. It's so touching. I read the link you provided and almost cried! It's terrible that she passed away but I feel like she experienced more in her short life than some people do over a long lifetime! I wonder how her husband and mother is doing.

[partyguy]

This is so dang sad. Women cry at weddings all the time from the overwhelming emotion of it all. Now think about having something really sad and depressing to be emotional about on top of all the good things about being married. I just hope that her husband and family feel better about her passing knowing that she at least got to experience marriage. But this is still heart rending.

[winters_footsteps]

[quote author=Chauncy link=topic=19434.msg1248817#msg1248817 date=1239757747]
Wow. This picture really got to me. 



[/quote]

Wow.

How sad. 

Rest in Peace, Katie.

[Smallville78]

her dad died this year of cancer too. read the bottom of the page here  http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/katie.asp