As the end approached, Katie Prager spoke to her husband from afar, unable to be with him.
Dalton Prager, the husband from the real-life "Fault in Our Stars" couple, died Saturday afternoon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis at the age of 25, his parents told CNN.
Katie was in hospice in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, when her husband passed away. The couple FaceTimed as Dalton was dying, said Debra Donovan, Katie's mother.
"She told him that she loved him," Donovan said. "We don't know if he heard her."
"Dalton fought a long hard battle with cystic fibrosis," Katie posted on Facebook. "He was a courageous fighter and 'give up' wasn't in his vocabulary."
Dalton had been in the intensive care unit on a ventilator for about two weeks before he died.
Just last week, the family had hoped to have a medical transport company fly Dalton from Missouri to a hospital in Kentucky. They wanted him to recover there, and then drive to their home, where Katie is receiving hospice care.
But in the end, Dalton was never healthy enough to fly to Kentucky. They were never able to reunite for a final kiss.
The last time Katie and Dalton saw each other was July 16, their fifth wedding anniversary.
source: CNN.com
source: CNN.com
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