A woman married her partner of 22 years, Stevie on Valentine’s Day and was walked down the aisle by stem cell donor who saved her life.
Peppie Scobbie, from Larkhall in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in August 2017 due to a poisoned finger after her daughter pleaded her to go see a doctor.
Peppie said the last two and a half years were the worst days of her life as following the first round of chemotherapy, she ended up in intensive care with pneumonia and septic shock.
She spent two weeks on life support while her family stayed by her side.
The 50-year-old didn’t know that her three siblings, Margaret, Tom, and David, had undergone tissue match tests when she was in the intensive care unit.
When she was home for Christmas, her older brother, Tom McClure told her that he was a perfect match.
Peppie said: “I got home for Christmas and my brother Tom called me asking if I wanted the good or bad news first.”
“I said bad so he replied he was terrified as he was scared of needles and the good news was that he was a perfect match. We were both delighted and it was the best gift ever to receive at Christmas and New Year.”
Her own brother, Tom saved Peppie’s life and gave his sister his stem cells in January 2018.
On Valentine’s Day, Peppie decided to marry her partner Stevie after being together for 22 years and her brother Tom walked her down the aisle.
Peppie says she is so grateful to her brother for giving her a second chance at life.
She said when she decided to marry, she knew there was no one else than her brother Tom who should have walked her down the aisle.
The life-saving stem cell transplant saved her life and it was her own older brother who gave her a second chance at life.
Peppie is grateful to her brother as well as the staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and at University Hospital Hairmyres.
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