Heartbroken bride spent her dream wedding Worth £28,000 day in hospital cause of tummy bug (PHOTOS)

 

 A heartbroken bride spent most of her dream wedding day in hospital after she and most of her guests were struck down by a bug.

Katie Sims, her husband Ben, and almost all their guests, were bed-ridden shortly after arriving at the five star Riu Merengue resort in Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic.

The couple from Ottery St Mary, Devon, and their party of 20, flew into the all inclusive resort on Wednesday April 15. Soon after arriving, almost the entire wedding party started feeling sick.

 However, soon after arriving at the luxury five-star venue, Katie, left, began to start feeling weak
By the morning of the wedding on Wednesday April 22 she had come down with projectile vomiting and dehydration.

And although she managed to get through the ceremony, the rest of the special day, including the reception, was ruined for her, as she lay ill in bed and in the hotel infirmary.

During the course of the fortnight stay, 12 of the other guests were bed ridden too, making the whole £28,000 affair a nightmare.

 Now the couple have complained to holiday firm Thomson with whom they booked the trip.
Self employed cleaner Katie, 26, said: 'It was so hot out there we spent most of the time in the pool.

'I started feeling ill about two days in to the trip.
'My stomach wasn't great.
'But by the morning of the wedding I had projectile vomiting and diarrhoea.
'I managed to get through the ceremony but was feeling awful.
'I went straight to my room after that.'

'I was very dehydrated and the hotel took three hours 45 minutes - after numerous phone calls - to bring water to my room.

'They apologised later and said they were busy.

'There was an infirmary at the hotel and I was then admitted to that for several hours, still in my wedding dress, while the medical staff gave me painkillers and tried to rehydrate me.
'My mother was ill a day into the holiday.

'Ben, my husband, was ill two days before we went home.

'They were feeling fine on the wedding day but came with me for support to the infirmary.
'I was diagnosed on site with an infection of my digestive system and severe diarrhoea.

'I was out on a drip and given two bags of saline to treat the dehydration, penicillin, anti sickness and tramadol for the pain.
'I was asked by the doctor as soon as she saw me if I was pregnant as my stomach had inflamed so much from being sick.

Mrs Sims, pictured said she and her husband have written to holiday company Thompson over their ordeal

'By this time the wedding reception had started and neither Ben, or my mum, who wanted to be with me, or I, were there.

'We'd hired a band and they were playing love songs without us even being there - it was awful.
'Over the course of the fortnight, 12 of our party were ill.'

The dejected couple staged a re-run of the wedding ceremony at the hotel on Monday April 27 for their guests, and so they could have decent photographs.
They then flew back to Gatwick on Wednesday April 29.
Katie added: 'Every girl from such a young age dreams of their wedding day.

'And so much planning goes into it and effort and money.
'You just want it to be absolutely perfect.
'Your wedding day is meant to be a dream but it really was more of a living nightmare.'

Thomson has been asked for a comment.

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