Connecticut Woman Fighting Cancer Married At Hospital 18 Hours Before Her Death

A Connecticut woman’s dream came true when she married the love of her life, although the joy lasted just 18 hours. Heather Lindsay married David Mosher, from the hospital bed at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on Dec. 22. She breathed her last Dec. 23, 18 hours after getting hitched. Lindsay was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2016.

According to the New York Daily News, Bridesmaid Christina Karas, clicked the joyous moments when 31-year-old Lindsay and 35-year-old Mosher said their “I do’s.”

Karas said, "She's getting to shout from the rooftops that she loves Dave and is able to say I'm his wife.”

The wedding was originally planned for Dec. 30 but considering Lindsay’s deteriorating health conditions, they pushed it to Dec. 22. Since Lindsay was too weak, the plan was to just lay the wedding dress across her but as love conquers all, she wore her wedding gown and made it to the hospital’s chapel where the two exchanged vows.

Reminiscing the moment, Karas said, “That moment right there was like, ‘Death, I’m not afraid of you!’ I am so in love and I am going to celebrate that love right now,”

After the ceremony, Mosher told the CBS affiliate WFSB News, “It reminds me of someone who is crossing the finish line of a marathon or something.”

He added, “Nobody thought she would’ve made it that far. She proved them all wrong and that’s what that photo says to me.”

Mosher and Lindsay first met at a swing dance class in May 2015 and fell in love with each other. Since then the two were “kind of inseparable”.

But the love story of the couple took an unpleasant turn on Dec. 23, 2016 when Lindsay was diagnosed with breast cancer. Mosher was supposed to propose Lindsay on the same day. Hearing about Lindsay’s health, Mosher said, “She didn’t know I was going to propose that night, but I said to myself, she needs to know she's not going to go down this road alone.”

Mosher proposed her that night and recalling the moment, he said, “A pair of draft horses, a carriage, and I arranged it all for that night. We went out on the carriage ride and I proposed to her under a street light.”

Unfortunately, on Dec. 30, instead of preparing for their wedding at Plantsville Congregational Church, Mosher had to take part in his wife's funeral at the church, at the same time they were supposed to get married.

Mosher said, “She’s my great love, and I’m going to lose her, but I’m not losing her forever.” He added, “She was tough. Anyone else would have given up a long time ago.”

At his wife’s funeral, Mosher said he has taken a piece of her spirit with him which will let him go on forever. He said, "Lindsay would say ‘I want to keep fighting,’ so that’s the mantra I’m picking up. She was able to fight till the end, I'm going to fight until my end.”