Bride-to-be's hunt for stem cell donor to save fianc ends in success

The appeal quickly went viral with people posting photos from as far apart as Australia, USA, South Africa, France, Hungary, Croatia and Sweden.

The bone marrow register has since seen a 650 per cent increase in people joining and been able to find a match for Mr Brandon meaning the couple can go ahead with wedding plans for next summer.

Miss Robertson, 31, said: Its been an incredibly difficult time so the relief were feeling is overwhelming.

A matching donor means that we can go ahead with Mikes bone marrow transplant.

We know we have a rocky road ahead as a transplant is a serious procedure, but knowing there is a good match for Mike is a fantastic boost that we desperately needed.

We are hugely grateful to the selfless person who has stepped forward to help Mike, and to everyone who has pledged to do the same for someone else.

She added: Wed like to get married next summer and host the reception in my mums garden - it really is beautiful there.

We have a difficult time ahead of us however being able to look to the future with such a positive and exciting goal in sight really does make such a difference in creating a positive vibe around us all.

Mr Brandon was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in March this year while Miss Robertson was backpacking around Burma.

The Oxford Brookes graduate had proposed to Miss Robertson just three weeks before she headed on her six-month trip at the start of the year.

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Bride-to-be's hunt for stem cell donor to save fianc ends in success