A d!eing cancer patience went on to marry his beautiful girlfriend, and he said I want the whole world to see me marrying you .
He had just one last wish before at the age of 16 his life
was cut short.
Lying in his hospital bed, having made a daisy-chain ring,
Omar Al Shaikh asked his girlfriend Amie to be his wife.
Hours earlier, doctors at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth
Hospital had uttered the prognosis Omar and his family had dreaded.
There was nothing more they could do for him, his body
having been ravaged by leukaemia, and he had just days to live.
On Monday, Omar passed away in hospital, a married man.
Dressed in his hospital dressing gown, the teenager, and his
bride tied the knot surrounded by friends, family and hospital staff just days
earlier.
Having sought the permission of their parents, Omar and Amie
Cresswell, also 16, fulfilled their dream.
Proposing, and placing a ring made of a flowers on Amie's
finger, Omar, from Brierley Hill, said he 'wanted the whole world to see him
marry her
Devoted new bride Amie said: 'I'm still absolutely
heartbroken.
'Omar wanted to get married before he d!ed and when he
proposed I just jumped at the chance.
'We had talked about getting married but never imagined we
would be 16. We thought we would grow old together.
The ceremony was so sad, but really lovely.'
The 16-year-old widow, added: 'We met while Omar was in
remission. I'd seen him around school a bit but we just got closer together.
'When he was told it had come back it was just a massive
shock.
'I knew I wanted to stand by him through it all.
'He is such a lovely soul - I wanted to spend as much time
as I had with him as possible.'
Omar's mother Mira said while devastated at losing her son,
she has gained 'the best daughter-in-law in the world'.
She said: 'They loved each other very much.
'They were in school together and when Omar was first sick
and diagnosed in June last year she was a good friend and always visited.
'He was cleared at the end of October and came home and we
had a party for his 16th birthday and that was the day when they fell in love. Then he was diagnosed again in March and she used to stay
over at the hospital with him every weekend.
'The minute she found out he only had days left to live she
went to his bedside and stayed there every night.' In March this year, specialists told Omar and his family he
had just three months to find a stem cell donor.
The former Air Cadet and sports fanatic, had been diagnosed
with acute myeloid leukaemia after fainting during a football match.
But, because of Omar's background - he came from a mixed
Arabic and Romanian heritage - finding a suitable match proved extremely
difficult.
Tragically, he ran out of time.
By the time stem cells could be found, thanks to an
umbilical cord transfer, Omar was too ill to have the transplant.
After his final round of chemotherapy on June 14, doctors
broke the news that the treatment had been unsuccessful, and the cancer had
spread to Omar's bone marrow.
The teenager was told he had just days left to live.
Amie said: 'When Omar told me what the doctors said it just
took my breath away.
'He proposed on the Wednesday and I just didn't think twice.
'We asked our parents, and they both gave us permission.
'Mum told me to do whatever I needed to make him happy.
'Obviously we had to do everything as quickly as possible
before he passed away.'
'The doctors had tears in their eyes when they told Omar the
news,' said Jo Khalaf, 39, from Tamworth, a family friend, whose son was being
treated in the next bed.
She was with Omar and his mother Mira at hospital when the
16-year-old proposed to Amie.
'He asked for someone to find a flower,' recalled Jo, a
mum-of-three. 'He said he needed to make a ring.
He said he wanted the whole world to see him marry her.'
In a rush, the whole ceremony was arranged in just one day
and family and friends rallied around for the devoted couple.
And on Friday, just
four days after learning that he was dying, Omar and his high school sweetheart
married
The couple had arranged to get married at 10pm in the hospital,
but the ceremony was delayed as Omar wanted to pick up a shirt and have a final
cooked meal at home with his mum, Mirabela.
Amie said: 'It was only really simple but we had all close
family and friends around us which was the most important thing for us.
'Jo is a makeup artist and she was really helpful.
'She brought me a dress and did my makeup for me.
'I had 10 minutes to get ready in the corridor before we
started but she did a great job.'
Dressed as Elsa from the Disney movie Frozen, in a beautiful
pink prom dress, Ms Khalaf's daughter Lulu acted as Amie's bridesmaid.
The couple then married in an Islamic ceremony at the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital.
Amie's mother Becky Cook, who works in a supermarket, said:
'It was such an emotional evening.
'Obviously it was a really lovely ceremony but it just came
about from such heartbreaking circumstances.
Omar was such a nice boy and, knowing he didn't have long
left to live, I just wanted them to have their big day.
'You could see how much it meant to him.
'The smile on his face told you that.'
Omar used a makeshift ring made of flowers as the emotional
Islamic ceremony took place at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Amie said: 'He said he wanted the whole world to see him
marry me.
'As he put the ring on my finger he said wish he had more
time with me.
'I really wish we had too, but I'm just so glad we had the
chance to make this happy memory.
'The doctors had said he had less than seven days to live
but he hung on for just over a week.
'I think he just wanted to prove a point and show how strong
he was.
Omar's mother added: 'Omar's intention was to marry her in
the future because he loved her so I supported him when he proposed.
'There was lots of tears and he was in the wheelchair but he
event tried to get on his knee, it was beautiful.
'All my family were at the wedding, there were around 20
people there.
'It was a very moving ceremony and I felt proud watching
him.
The teenager passed away on Monday, and, in keeping with his
religion, his funeral was held the following day.
His widow, said: 'It's been a really emotional past 10 days.
'From his last treatment to the funeral yesterday,
everything has been a whirlwind.
'The funeral service was the perfect send off.
'Everything had been arranged how he wanted it.'
When Omar was first diagnosed, mum Mirabela, 39, told the
Birmingham Mail: 'It was a big shock, I didn't want to believe it.
I was very upset. I was expecting to be told he just had an
infection.
'I keep crying. He says "Stop it, I don't want you to
cry any more". I am the only parent and I have to be strong.'
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