A YOUNG mum whose dreams of marriage were shattered when she was diagnosed with a rare brain disease is preparing to walk down the aisle after a dramatic recovery.

Jennifer Perry was told she might never walk again after she developed brain condition cerebral vasculitis three years ago.

But now she is set to marry fianc Martin Davies after making an amazing recovery, which she says is all down to her future husband.

Jennifer, 24, of Hamer Avenue, Crawshawbooth, was rushed to hospital just two days after celebrating her engagement in July 1999.

After weeks of tests and scans doctors told her she had a rare brain condition which, at best, meant she would probably never walk again. She said: "I could not believe it, all my hopes and plans seemed to be lost. The doctors said the brain condition meant I would spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair and that it was the best I could hope for. I was shattered. It all happened just after I got engaged.

"While I was in hospital all I used to do was look at wedding magazines and dream that one day I might get to walk down the aisle with Martin. He was wonderful. He would visit every day I was in hospital and he helped me through it."

While in hospital Jennifer gave birth to the couple's first son, Robert, who is now two-and-a-half and will be a pageboy at the wedding, along with younger brother Samuel, 18 months old.

Jennifer, who has not yet made a complete recovery, added: "After having Robert, Martin helped me start to learn to walk again. I don't think I could have done it without him."

She said: "Getting married is a dream I never thought would come true. At last, I can walk down the aisle in the church with Martin, something I never thought would happen."

Jennifer and Martin, 26, are set to be married at St Mary's and All Saint's Church in Crawshawbooth on Saturday, July 27, more than three years after getting engaged.