According to New China, the touching image was taken and shared by Wang Yanfang, the head nurse at Yinzhou Hospital’s intensive care unit in Zhejiang Province, eastern China.

The 92-year-old husband, Feng Ming, was initially admitted to intensive care after suffering heart failure. Tragically, his condition worsened, leading to multiple organ failures and a severe lung infection. Feng lost the ability to speak and was being kept alive by a life support machine. Realizing his end was near, his family decided to discontinue therapy and bring him home. However, Feng had one last wish before leaving the hospital: to see his wife of 66 years.

Zhang Ping, Feng’s 95-year-old wife, was also admitted to the same hospital, receiving treatment for a fractured femur on another floor.

Wang, the head nurse, explained to New China: “The visiting hour of the ICU is from 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm, but Feng’s condition was too severe to wait until then.” Determined to honor Feng’s final wish, Wang made special arrangements for the elderly couple to meet one last time.

At Wang’s request, Feng’s wife was transported on a stretcher from the 14th floor to the ICU on the third floor, where Feng saw his wife for the last time.

Recalling the touching moment, Wang shared that Feng’s wife held her husband’s hand and spoke to him in their local dialect: “Don’t worry about me. Rest assured that I can take good care of myself.”

Moved to tears by her words, Feng passed away peacefully in his home several hours later. “We made an exception for the elderly couple to meet so that this touching moment could happen and be preserved. I am grateful that we made the right choice,” Wang said.

This story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. It is comforting to know that Feng and Zhang supported each other through thick and thin, remaining deeply in love even until their last moments together. That truly is the essence of true love.