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Wish Upon a Wedding has made dreams come true for 150 couples facing serious illness

Angela Dugan and Brad Andrews have known each other since they were children, growing up as neighbors in Crown Point, Ind.

But then they both moved away and got married to other people. They eventually returned to the area as single adults. One day, Dugan went to visit Andrews' mom; she and Andrews sat and chatted all night and haven't been apart since. Within months of reconnecting, they were engaged in 2017.

However, amid the romance, Dugan was battling a very aggressive type of ovarian cancer. When the she was diagnosed in 2012, the prognosis was a 15% survival rate within the first year. Of those who survive the first year, 15% survive five years.

She endured bouts of radiation and chemotherapy and did whatever

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