Heartbreaking: Pat and George Pitman from Hartlepool
A devoted husband who told his wife
"close your eyes, I'm coming with you" moments before she passed away
died just hours later
- from a broken heart
Loving George Pitman, 77, kept a
week-long bedside vigil after Pat, his wife of 55-years, was admitted to
hospital with a shadow on her lung.
The great grandfather was seriously
ill himself but ignored advice from doctors to go to a different hospital for
treatment - and remained steadfast at his wife's side.
Nurses prepared a bed alongside
77-year-old Pat, where George could be treated, but as he was wheeled in it
became clear his wife was in her final moments.
The doting great grandfather held
his wife's hand as she slipped away and whispered "I'm coming with
you" and the retired HGV driver - affectionately known as 'Rocky" -
died of a broken heart 21 hours later after suffering an aneurysm in his chest.
Devoted: George and Pat were together for 55 years
Pat, from Middlesbrough, was
admitted to the University Hospital of North Tees, Cleveland, on November 13
after medics detected a shadow on her lung.
Despite being told he was critically
ill, George refused to go to James Cook Hospital, 10 miles away in Middlesbrough.
He passed away around 1pm on November 20.
The couple had five children, along with 14 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
They met on a blind date and married
on Valentine's Day 1959.
Angela, a practitioner for
Hartlepool Borough Council, said: "After they met, dad had to go to Hong
Kong for his national service.
"When he came back from Hong
Kong after two years, he came straight back for her. He'd written her every
week and sent presents.
"They really were inseparable,
they were never apart. It seems fitting that they even died together."
The couple
have been brought back to the home they shared in Middlesbrough for 45 years
and will take their final journey at in
the same hearse.
2 comments:
May their soul R.I.P so touching
Aww! Love till the end R.I.P
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