An Australian father has been given the heartbreaking news that he has only weeks left to live after canceling his dream wedding in Fiji and spending $107,000 on an emergency flight home.

Matt Graham, 44, was enjoying a vacation on the stunning island with his fiancée Bree, 27, when he suffered a bowel obstruction just days ahead of their planned nuptials.

The couple from the Gold Coast had already tied the knot in Australia a few months earlier but wanted to celebrate overseas following Matt’s diagnosis of stage four colorectal cancer.

Bree explained that Matt’s condition worsened rapidly, with doctors back in Australia insisting on their immediate return, warning that he might not make it back otherwise.

Faced with no other option, they had to shell out over $107,000 for a Medevac flight after their travel insurance provider abruptly cut off communication, leaving them stranded.

‘That was probably the worst week of our lives when it should have been the best,’ Ms Graham told Daily Mail.

‘He’d been doing well – the clinical trial he was on before we left for Fiji was shrinking all the tumours, his markers were going down. We hadn’t had any complications.

‘We got about halfway through our first day before everything turned to c***. We were about two hours away from any hospital worth going to so we ended up making a makeshift hospital in the hotel room.’

‘I would sacrifice everything to save him, but I cannot do this alone,’ Bree Graham said. She is pictured with her husband Matt in happier times

Ms Graham described her husband as the most loving and caring father to his daughters

Matt’s two daughters – aged 13 and 10 – are hoping their dad responds to the new treatment

Ms Graham said the couple were forced to pay the hefty cost upfront –  a move that has stripped them entirely of their life savings.

Matt was first diagnosed with cancer in 2021 when he was living in New Zealand, where his two daughters, aged 10 and 13, still live with their mum.

He underwent surgery to remove the tumour and was given the ‘all clear’ but 18 months later the cancer returned with a vengeance. 

A scan following a ‘suspected hernia’ showed the cancer had spread to his liver.

Matt underwent major surgeries to remove 45 percent of his liver and endured months of chemotherapy and treatments.

Since the couple’s ordeal in Fiji, they’ve now been told there is nothing more doctors can do after the cancer spread to Matt’s liver, brain and bones.

His liver now has a blockage in it and is shutting down.

The couple are now hoping to raise $250,000 for Matt to try, in what they believe, will be a life-saving treatment in India.

The couple were friends first, meeting at the gym in 2022

It was discovered that Matt has the aggressive and fast growing BRAFv600e mutation

‘It’s been constant since May 2023 – it’s encompassed our entire life and changed everything… and now he’s at the point where he’s run out of options,’ Ms Graham, who works in the fitness industry, said.

‘The clinic in India sends his bloodwork to a European company called RGCC and they test his bloods and tumours to find out exactly what chemotherapy dose he needs, and what medications and supplements his tumours are sensitive to.

‘And then, because they don’t have the red tape that Australia has, they can give it to him. It sounds so simple, but the issue is, they won’t give it to him here because it’s not the PBS-funded, or government-recommended dosage or type of medication to cure his type of cancer.

‘We heard about a UK patient at the clinic who had terminal cancer and was told that she wasn’t going to make it till Christmas. Now they’re talking about her flight home for Christmas because she’s on the mend. 

‘So when we talk to people like that, we just can’t ignore it. I can’t not try to get him  there… because I genuinely don’t know how long we can keep him going here.’

As for Matt, knowing he has the support of his dedicated wife and loving daughters is what keeps him pushing on. 

‘Every time we talk to his eldest daughter about it, she just has the biggest smile ever and you can tell none of the other things matter to her. She just hears that her Dad might get better,’ Ms Graham said.

‘That’s reason enough for us to go. He is the best Dad, those two girls are his whole world. It’s been so amazing to watch his girls and see how deeply he cares for them. 

‘I feel their pain and I don’t want them to lose their dad, as much as I don’t want to lose my husband.’