The 28-year-old tragically died on January 17 following a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.
It is understood the illness turned terminal when his body rejected donor lungs.
Mrs Martin said she was unaware the couple had received a package until she was contacted by Mrs Gray-Sanewski in recent weeks.
âI donât know who (the boxes) go to, but I hand them over to the staff and the staff give them out,â she said.
â[Erin] said it was a beautiful surprise and thanked us for the box.â
The boxes were first introduced to the hospital by Palliative Care Nurse Unit Manager Melanie McBain in a bid to comfort loved ones keeping a bedside vigil.
SURROUNDED by loved ones, an Ipswich man who fought hard against his cystic fibrosis for his entire life has lost his battle with the devastating disease. When his illness took a turn for the worse on Friday morning, Brandon Gray-Sanewski, 28, told his friends on social media the end would be on his terms. The morning after he married his partner Erin in a bedside wedding ceremony, Brandon took to Facebook to deliver a harrowing farewell to his friends and extended family. After an amazing day marrying the love of my life Erin Gray-Sanewski yesterday, today I have woken up and it s not such a great day. I fear the day has come my friends and family the battle will end on my terms. I no longer choose to be in pain or battle this disease, he said in the post.
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WHILE many of us are still in holiday mode, there has been plenty of news happening across Ipswich this week, as the dust settles on 2020 and we tentatively lift our heads to face 2021.
We may not be out of the COVID funk yet, but at least we can say at this point in time that there appears to have been no link with the new strain of coronavirus into the West Moreton Region.
A level of concern has been raised over how the new strain infiltrated the Brisbane region in the first place, and I’m sure the health authorities will be kept on their toes over the coming weeks.
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Subscriber only AN Ipswich man who has entered end of life care is preparing to marry the love of his life after a three-day rush to organise a wedding. Unlike most couples, Brandon Sanewski and Erin Broderick will not be saying their vows in a picturesque venue, surrounded by loved ones. They will become husband and wife in a bedside ceremony in the Ipswich Hospital Palliative Care Unit on Thursday afternoon. Battling a genetic disease that recently turned terminal when his body rejected his donor lungs, Brandon made the devastating choice to stop treatment and begin palliative care.