Terminally ill and totally in love
Jacksonville, Fl. (ABC) — Two terminally ill Floridians decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives together, marrying in front of family and friends last week after falling in love at their hospice care facility.
Debbie Rivera, 54, and John Whaley, 58, are both suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to their nursing home, and Whaley, a triple-amputee, has also been diagnosed with stage three lung cancer, he said.
“We were both so tired of being alone and not having nobody except for family,” Whaley of Jacksonville, Florida told ABC News. “It makes me feel I got somebody here I can talk to and relate to.”
Whaley, who had been a patient Governors Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center for a few months, said he was introduced to Rivera while relaxing in the television room at the facility.
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