Saturday, February 1, 2014

Terminally IIl Wedding

A very humbling assignment. I took so many photos for this one that im not going to caption them all. Enjoy.





Margaret Grissom, right, styles her sister, Sarah Jane Peake's hair before her wedding. November 23, 2013.
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Norton Brownsboro Hospital nursing asst. Leah Cunningham, right, and Julie Stakelin help adjust Derrick Melzer's tie in his room before his wedding ceremony.  November 23, 2013. (Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)

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Having gone through chemotherapy due to being terminally ill with pancreatic cancer, Derrick Melzer becomes tired very easily. Melzer rests his head on his cane after getting dressed for his wedding. November 23, 2013.
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Norton Brownsboro Hospital nursing asst. Leah Cunningham, gives Derrick Melzer a dose of pain medicine before his wedding ceremony.  November 23, 2013. (Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)

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Sarah Jane Peake is led down the isle of the Norton Brownsboro Hospital's chapel by her brother, Drew Peake, before getting married to her terminally ill boyfriend, Derrick Melzer. November 23, 2013.
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Derrick Melzer and Sarah Jean Peake join hands at the beginning of their wedding ceremony in the Norton Brownsboro Hopsital chapel. November 23, 2013. (Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)

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From left: Jenna Smith, Martha Jean Smith, Hannah O'Bryant, Derrick Melzer, Margaret Grissom, Drew Peake, Sarah Jean Peake Melzer and Mary Allen Peake.  (Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)

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Melzer's physician, Martha Knightom MD., speaks with Melzer after the wedding ceremony. November 23, 2013.
(Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)

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Sarah Jeane Peake laughs as she asks some of the employees and nurses at Norton Brownsboro Hospital if she can have some alone time with her new husband, Derrick Melzer. November 23, 2013.
(Matt Herp/Special to the Courier-Journal)



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