Couple's Dying Wish For Dream Wedding & Disney Honeymoon Comes True Thanks to Kindness of Strangers

A couple's dying wish to get married has come true by the help of strangers.

Nolan Keane, 28, has been battling brain cancer for the past four years and wanted to marry his high school sweetheart Morgan Carstens, 26 in Kewanee, Illinois.

"We have wanted to do this for a long time and we've talked about it for a really long time," Carstens, 26, said of the wedding. "It's amazing that we get to see our friends and family and be together."

The plans of marriage were derailed after Keane's diagnosis with an aggressive type of brain cancer in 2008 and Carstens, a registered nurse, moved into Keane's family home and took care of him.

"I didn't think twice about it. I knew he needed me and I would kind of feel guilty taking care of others. We just take it day by day and we make it work ... You get put in a situation and you do what you have to do," she told ABC News.

Last November Keane proposed to Carstens during a family vacation to Disney World.

"We went to go see the fireworks. Since there was so much walking, he told me, 'My back is really hurting. Can you get me out the wheelchair?' And then [he] got down on one knee and I forgot to say yes. I think he kind of knew by my response," she told the station.

After a recent MRI results showed that Keane's cancer spread with only months left to live, he said his final dying wish was to marry Carstens and for their honeymoon to be at the place he proposed, Walt Disney World.

"I wanted to take Morgan back to Disney with my family," Keane told the Chicago Sun Times. "I'm a little kid at heart. It's always been a special place for me, good memories. And I know it will leave a good memory for all of us.

Friends and family began a plan to make the couple's final wish to come true and final days to be most memorable.

The couple felt that they couldn't afford their "dream wedding" on their own and Carstens' sisters, Jacklyn Carstens and Lindsey Williamson set up a Facebook page to raise money and awareness.

They also set up a fundraising page on GiveForward.com, which is a site that specializes in raising money for a medical crisis and the story went viral.

After four days, complete strangers contributed $60,000 which far exceeds the initial $20,000 goal. The donations have totaled $66,397 surprising the couple.

We have been only asking for support, encouragement and prayers, so when all of this blew up we all had every single emotion as possible about it. It's inspiring to see so many good-hearted and caring people out there," Carstens said. "We were kind of in shock. We'll sit up and we'll read [the comments], and sometimes we'll cry and smile. We are blessed."

The couple was able to tie the knot on March 9, fulfilling Keane's first wish, surrounded by family and friends. The wedding also was able to take place as local vendors donated everything, including the photographer, hair and makeup for the bridal party, and food for their big day to become a fairy tale.

"It started with flowers and friends donating some food," Carstens said, "and then a wedding planner donated her time to get things together. It's been an outpouring from the community. They've made this whole day possible for us."

The newlyweds plan to go on their honeymoon to Disney World at the end of March and will use the rest of the money raised for medical bills and to make Keane's parents' home even more wheelchair-friendly.