When Laurina Adeleye tied the knot with her husband Taiwo and he promised to stand by her in ‘sickness and in health,’ neither of them expected that to be put to the test so quickly.
But just three weeks after they wed in September 2024, Adeleye, 33, from Washington DC, received the harrowing news that she was battling a terminal illness and had just 60 days left to live.
It was hard for her to accept, especially because she and Taiwo were just beginning their lives together.
‘In a split second, every plan I had ever prayed for – growing old together, having children, just
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