'People take going to the Trafford Centre for granted. For me it's a dream'

For most people, a trip to the Trafford Centre is routine. For Megan Hetherington, it's a dream.

While she admits most would take a trawl through the aisles of John Lewis and a trip to The Orient for granted, the 27-year-old says it has all the ingredients to be 'the best day ever'.

A trip to Greater Manchester's premier retail attraction is one of the activities on a list drawn up by Megan after being told by doctors to 'live every day like it's her last'.

Also on her bucket list - which includes a visit to a local farm - was getting married to her husband James Hetherington, 31. The couple tied the knot last year.

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Megan said: "We've been ticking things off and we are getting quite far through it. I got married last September - that was gifted to us from a charity called Gift of a Wedding who gift terminally-ill brides and grooms their wedding day.

"I did a zoo experience with a tapir because I've always loved them since I was a kid.

"I want to do things that are the simple pleasures in life like going to a farm that I used to go to as a child or going shopping at the Trafford Centre. People might take it for granted but for me, it's the best day ever."

Megan has two rare heart conditions, but has been told by surgeons she cannot have the life-changing operation she needs - because the disorders are too unique.

She has antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), a rare blood clotting syndrome, and tricuspid stenosis, which means a valve in her heart is narrowed. She desperately needs surgery to replace her narrow tricuspid valve with an animal's one.

But doctors have refused. Undeterred, she sought out a second opinion and found a different