An Ontario, Canada couple has just proved that true love knows no defeat.
Jim Ireland battled cancer for 8 years.
Eventually, he wound up in the intensive care unit at Kingston General Hospital.
He was on life support.
Then, his wifeโs heart gave out.
His wife Cindy had a heart attack the very next day and was also placed on life support.
The couple was residing in two different hospitals.
โMe and my brother donโt drive so going between Kingston and Brockville was really rough,โ Chris Mininni, their son, told CBC News.
โWe tried to get mom transferred to Kingston but no one could help us.โ
Then, Jimโs doctor stepped in.
Eventually, he was able to make it happen.
โI shouldโve realized it wasnโt a good sign but I was so appreciative of what he did,โ Chris said.
Jim pulled out his breathing tube.
Jim ended up pulling out his breathing tube during a bad dream.
He had signed orders not to resuscitate so the tube was not replaced, since there was nothing left that could be done for him.
Jim still had something to say.
โWe told him that mom was now here,โ Chris told PEOPLE. โHe started freaking out. But when we told him he wasnโt going to make it, he got out a pen and paper and tried to write because he wasnโt able to speak.โ
He wrote the word โMom.โ
So the hospital did something that theyโd never done before.
They put two patients, one who was on life support and the other who just came off of it, in the same room.
โIt was very risky. But they did it for them. He started bawling and saying thank you by doing the praying motion,โ Chris said of his dad.
Jim grabbed his wifeโs hand.
Chris decided he would snap a photo of the two of them as it was likely to be one of their last moments together on Earth.
โThe reason I took it was so that when she came off life-support, she could see that Dad was right there with her,โ Chris told CBC News.
โIf thereโs one definition of my dad, itโs that he was a proud husband and proud dad.โ
The first thing Cindy asked when she woke up a few days later was whether her husband passed away.
She found comfort in knowing that she had a chance to be with her husband one more time before he passed away.
They had been married 24 years.
They were inseparable during that time.
Chris shared the special yet heartbreaking moment on Reddit with a caption that struck a chord in thousands of hearts.
โI want people to see how much love they had for each other,โ he told People. โMy parents got to be together until the end. We should all be so lucky.โ
In the end, their love truly conquered all.
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