LOCUST GROVE, Ga. — Forever is a promise Jordan Barrett knows he can’t keep. The 24-year-old was given just four months to live - and he wants to promise whatever time he has left to his girlfriend, Mikayla.
Jordan was diagnosed with stomach cancer last year. In a dramatic bid to save his life, doctors removed his entire stomach to try and eradicate the cancer from his body. But just months after the surgery, the cancer was back and more aggressive than ever.
Doctors then gave him the devastating news that he didn’t have long to live.
Jordan says he didn’t want anyone to know when he first found out. He was trying to hide from the world and the truth.
But he courageously decided he wanted to live the rest of his life out loud with Mikayla by his side. The two married on Saturday.
If you would like to donate to Jordan's medical and palliative care costs, visit the online fundraiser here.
With just months to live, 24-year-old Georgia man marries girlfriend as dying wish
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