Heartbreaking true love story of 'Fault in Our Stars' couple who died within days of each other

Katie Prager grinned at the substance of her better half on the video call, letting him know the amount she adored him. She had no clue on the off chance that her cherished Dalton had heard her as he lay on his deathbed – yet it was the main way she needed to say farewell. 

Dalton and Katie both experienced cystic fibrosis and had been hitched for a long time when he passed far from intricacies matured 25. A day after his burial service a week ago, Katie, 26, likewise kicked the bucket, abandoning her family console just by the idea she is back in her better half's arms.

The disastrous story is a genuine The Fault in Our Stars relationship, like the hit film and book by John Green. In a strong meeting before she passed away last Thursday Katie told how she had no second thoughts, as destiny had presented to her the man she cherished. 

"It gave me a portion of the greatest years of my life," she said. 
"I'd rather have had five years of being enamored and just truly totally cheerful than 20 years of not having anyone." 

The couple had wanted to go around America at the same time, tragically, that was not to be. Katie said: "I generally needed to go to Florida. I wish I had quite recently gotten in my auto. Be that as it may, that is OK. I'll be seeing Florida from paradise." 

Like the growth striken characters played by Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort in the 2014 film, Katie and Dalton met as young people. In 2009 Katie was 18 when she saw Dalton's mum Renee had posted a photograph on Facebook of her child in hos­­pital. Katie com­­mented: "On the off chance that you ever require a companion to converse with, you can connect with me." He reacted: "Sorry, yet do I know you?" 

"No, you don't," she answered, telling Dalton, 18, about herself. 
"My breathing is quite crappy and I see you are in the clinic. I'm sad. I know it sucks! Be that as it may, you just gotta stay solid." 

Messages flew forward and backward as they reinforced over the physical and mental difficulties of living with cystic fibrosis, a hereditary condition that influences the lungs and digestive framework. They became hopelessly enamored. Days after the fact, Katie knew she would wed Dalton. 

Be that as it may, specialists cautioned they ought not meet each other in light of the fact that Dalton had a bacterial contamination called Burkholderia cepacia, which is very infectious for cystic fibrosis patients. Katie convinced him to visit. She said: "I let him know I'd rather be upbeat – like outrageously glad – for a long time and bite the dust sooner than be average cheerful and live for a long time. 

"That was unquestionably something I needed to consider at the same time, when you have those sentiments, you recently know." 

On August 28 that year, Dalton and his mom drove for six hours from St Charles, Missouri, to Katie's main residence in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, where they wanted to meet at an eatery. At 7.10pm – both reviewed the time – Katie escaped her auto and saw Dalton inclining toward a block divider, looking attractive in his shades. 

"My heart was hustling however I just went straight up to him, embraced him and kissed him on the mouth without making proper acquaintance," she recollected. 
"I'm generally not that sort of young lady but rather it just felt so right." 

For their first date, the couple rode exciting rides and Dalton gave her an accessory for her nineteenth birthday, which was two days prior. After two years they wedded , and lived in a house they purchased in Kentucky loaded with wedding photographs and table games. 

"Those years were extraordinary," said Katie. "The best of my life. We stuffed, we had a fabulous time. It resembled out of a children's story." 

Tragically, Katie contracted ­Burkholderia cepacia and sick wellbeing constrained them separated as they sat tight for lung transplants. Dalton's started things out, in November 2014, and was a win. Be that as it may, Katie's wellbeing back up plans said she was not qualified for the treatment since she had spent a lifetime of consideration and they declined to perform out-of-state strategies. 

Specialists cautioned she would not live over a year. Her dedicated spouse made an open request. Dalton said: "They are transforming my better half into a number, a measurement, a dollar sign. I can't lose her. This can't be the end of our romantic tale. 

"We are both prepared to keep battling yet now we are coming up short on choices and need your assistance. If it's not too much trouble help me to spare my significant other Katie." 

Because of US media, which conveyed her bind to light, Katie got new lungs in July a year ago. Shockingly, the transplant fizzled. Since the begin of this current month, Katie was in hospice care. She declined medicinal treatment separated from dialysis for kidney disappointment. 

"Everything that could turn out badly has turned out badly," she said. "I simply need to pass actually." 

In any case, it was Dalton who kicked the bucket first. He contracted lymphoma and in the wake of finishing growth treatment, he fell sick with pneumonia and a viral contamination. In the two weeks before he kicked the bucket, he had been on a ventilator at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St Louis. Katie's family needed Dalton to travel to Kentucky so he could see her. 

"On the off chance that we just get the chance to spend a day and a night together, we'll be content with that," Katie said. Be that as it may, Dalton was too sick to travel. 

The couple keep going saw each other on July 16, their fifth wedding commemoration. Be that as it may, they were never ready to meet again for one last kiss. Katie said farewell to her better half on Saturday evening on FaceTime. Her mum Debra Donovan said: "She let him know that she cherished him. We don't know whether he heard her." 

Lamenting Katie made an impactful post on their Facebook page, Dalton and Katie Prager's Transplant Page, saying: "'Give up' wasn't in his vocabulary." Katie passed away one day after his memorial service. 

Her mum said: "Katie picked up her desire of being at home, in her bed, encompassed by her mom, father, sibling and her canines, passing on gently. I know Dalton was holding up with open arms." 

In her last meeting with CNN, Katie said of her better half: "He was one of the best individuals I'd ever met. Relatively few individuals like Dalton come around so you got the opportunity to get him while you can. 

"In the event that we had found the opportunity to compose a book it would have been a success. 
"I know how their tall tale would end. They lived cheerfully ever after in each other's arms for time everlasting."