Georgia couple Preston Cobb and Tanesha Oglesby had been all set to get married in July 2023 when the groom-to-be suffered extreme accidents from a office accident the month prior.
Within the wake of the unlucky setback, Preston, 34, knowledgeable his fiancée he wouldn’t have any qualms if she opted to name off their marriage ceremony, however she advised her severely injured fiancé she was going to remain dedicated to him.
“I wouldn’t blame her,” Preston advised PEOPLE. “She checked out me like I used to be loopy.” Tanesha additionally mentioned the accidents her husband sustained didn’t imply he had modified inwardly. “I used to be simply grateful that he was nonetheless alive,” Tanesha, 33, mentioned.
“It doesn’t change the particular person he’s inside. It doesn’t change the love that he reveals me each single day.”
Preston, described as a embellished ex-soldier, sustained accidents from a chemical spill that burned 32% of his physique, a GoFundMe arrange for him states. Within the wake of the incident, Preston was airlifted to the Augusta Burn ICU for medical care.
The chemical spill resulted in Preston dropping 9 of his toes whereas a number of fingers on his arms had been both amputated or partially amputated. However Preston’s situation didn’t deter Tanesha from marrying the love of her life. She has additionally remained by her husband’s aspect – a dedication that greatest represents the “for higher or worse” saying.
“That day confirmed me that real love by no means fails, it’ll all the time come by means of,” Preston mentioned in reference to the day they acquired married.
Preston additionally mentioned he initially advised his then-fiancé she might finish issues with him if she wished to due to his situation. “I knew it was going to be a really lengthy highway for restoration,” he mentioned. “This isn’t how I imagined us spending the remainder of our lives collectively.”
However Tanesha selected to remain. “She makes life price residing,” Preston mentioned. “God knew what he was doing when he put us collectively. Thanks God. You’ve actually positioned an angel to maintain me and be with me.”
Tanesha additionally described her husband as an “superb man”, including that he reveals her “a love that I’ve by no means skilled.” The couple additionally plan on increasing their household by having a child.
“No matter what comes our means, with the love that we now have for one another, it’s sturdy sufficient to resist it, it’s sturdy sufficient to get us by means of,” mentioned Tanesha. “Even within the exhausting instances, that’s what we maintain onto: The love we now have for one another. ..Every little thing we’ve gone by means of, it simply makes us stronger.”
