Cancer patient who wed love of his life dies

A terminally ill lung cancer patient who married the love of his life more than two weeks ago died Thursday, his wife said. He was 26.
On Aug. 28, Chris and Nicole Ford got married knowing he had weeks to live. They were scheduled to marry in October, but doctors told them he might not live that long. A charity provided free wedding accommodations for him to marry his fiancée and the mother of his children.
"I was praying this was just a bad dream and it never happened. Unfortunately it did happen. My heart left with him. I'm numb and hurting. ... I'm so broken and devastated," Nicole Ford wrote on her Facebook page. "Rest in peace, my love."

His mother, Amy Ford, said her son "went in his sleep."
She added, "He did not suffer at all."
With just weeks to live, Chris Ford got his dying wish: to marry Nicole Wismer Ford, who was "the love of his life."
Chris Ford died at his mother's home. He had been struggling with cancer for about a year. Not long after Nicole gave birth to Chris' son, Tristan, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth and throat. At the time, he was given an 80% chance of survival, his mother said.
The Philadelphia native decided to move his family to LaVergne, Tenn., to live with his mother while he received treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
The family plans to fly his body back home to Philadelphia, Nicole Ford said. But they'll need helping funding the trip home, she added.
"I think we are going to need help getting enough money for a round-trip to Philadelphia. Chris asked to be returned home," Nicole Ford said.
The couple set up a Go Fund Me page to help with medical expenses.