He Wanted To Surprise Wife On Last Day Of Chemo, So He Spent Weeks Preparing This Incredible Gift

Bousquet surprised on last day of chemo with hundreds of roses

Alissa Bousquet started chemotherapy in December 2015 surrounded by the support of friends and family. After three surgeries and months of chemo, her husband Brad began planning the most beautiful surprise for his wife.

The devoted husband, with the help of his four children, family and friends, launched a plan to give his wife flowers on her last day of chemotherapy… but not just one flower arrangement. Brad took to Facebook to explain why a dozen roses simply wasn’t enough for his the beautiful, kind woman he loved so much.


“Today is my wife’s last chemotherapy treatment,”Brad wrote on Facebook. “She has amazed me with her strength, courage, and positive attitude through it all. She still has a few surgeries ahead of her but completing chemotherapy is a huge milestone in her journey.

I wanted to do something special during this last treatment to celebrate the end of her chemo and to show her the tremendous love and support she has from her friends and family.

I also wanted to honor her fight against cancer by providing a donation in her name towards breast cancer research.

To accomplish this I secretly sent a text to several of Alissa’s friends and family.â€

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Brad Bousquet

“I asked them to help me surprise her, by showering her in roses, during her last treatment. I arranged for our local flower shop to take the orders.

Each rose was purchased for $10.00 with all of the proceeds being donated to Susan G. Komen towards breast cancer research.”

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Brad Bousquet

“I was amazed when the orders started rolling in! We quickly reached 100 roses, then 300 roses, then 400. When we reached 500 roses I told the flower shop to stop ordering roses and let all the remaining orders go entirely to the Susan G. Komen donation.

Together over 170 families wanted to purchase roses and we ended up raising over $4,500 for breast cancer research. The flower shop placed the roses in 36 vases and then put them in 6 small wicker baskets.”

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Brad Bousquet

“Alissa’s two teenage daughters and four close friends (AKA Alissa’s Crew) made the delivery.â€

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Brad Bousquet

“After presenting the rose baskets to my wife we shared them with the other cancer patients receiving treatment today as a gift from our family.”

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Brad Bousquet

“The joy of sharing these roses with the other cancer patients was one of my favorite parts. Many had tears as they read the card I wrote for them.â€


Alissa is not out of the woods yet, but moments like this, bring an unquenchable joy. Check out the wonderful moment in the video below!

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