A man whose head was ripped from his spine in a horrific car accident
surprised doctors by surviving for two years and went on to marry his
heartthrob 4 days before his life support was switched off. Tony Cowan,
31, was involved in a car accident on September 9, 2014, which left him
with a neck injury that doctors said was ‘unsurvivable’.
He became dependent on a ventilator afterwards and lived longer than
expected. He would have continued living except he began to have
unbearable pains and this led him to request for the life support to be
switched off.
Four days before he requested to be allowed to die, he fulfilled his
dream of getting married by wedding his partner of twelve years, Karen
Dawson,29, at the University Hospital of North Durham. Karen revealed
that their wedding was meant to be in May, but because of the unbearable
pain, it was moved forward.
“It was amazing and it was happy and sad because we knew what was
coming. He always wanted to get married but we just never got round to
it.”
Tony reportedly tried to live a full life after he was discharged from
hospital following the accident. He returned home with Karen who took
care of him and he did things he loved like watching movies.
“He just wanted to live as normal a life as possible,” she said. “Even
though he was the way he was he wanted a normal lifestyle. We would stay
up late watching films, order takeaways. We were together all the
time.”
However, Tony developed Pneumonia and chest infections which led to him
returning to the hospital. He has now been buried with the wedding dress
his bride would have used on her big day.
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