Betty and Curtis Tarpley were together for most of their lives. After 53 years as a married couple, they died from coronavirus within an hour of each other in a Texas hospital, spending their last moments together holding hands, their son says.
On June 18, after 53 years as a married couple, the two died from coronavirus within an hour of each other in a Texas hospital, spending their last moments together holding hands, their son told CNN.Tim Tarpley said his mom, who was 80, had been sick for a few days when he took her to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and found out she had Covid-19. She was admitted on June 9 and his 79-year-old dad was admitted on the 11th.
'The right thing to do was to get them together'Tarpley said that a nurse he'd never even spoken to arranged for his mom and dad to be together. They had both decided to go on comfort care, which involved giving them heavy doses of medication to ease their pain."It felt like the right thing to do was to get them together," said Blake Throne, one of the ICU nurses caring for Curtis.
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