Covid-19: husband’s touching act for isolated wife undergoing chemotherapy

A man who was unable to stand by his wife while undergoing chemotherapy due to Covid-19 restrictions has made world news for his touching gesture outside his hospital window.

Diana, Dennis Cockrell’s wife, had to go to the hospital for her third round of chemotherapy in hopes of getting rid of her cancer.

But due to Covid-19 restrictions, Dennis of South Carolina was denied entry to the hospital to support his wife for 23 years.

Rather than be discouraged, she devised a secret plan with the help of her children.

Dennis surprised Diana by sitting on the grass outside his hospital window with signs telling him how much he loved her.

“I’m here and I love you,” said his sign, as he sat on a lounger outside the hospital cheering on his wife.

He then texted his wife and told her to look outside.

“I can’t be with her in person in the same hospital room, so the last time we were here she said she could see this particular area, so I got the idea,” Dennis told Fox.

He said nurses from across the hospital came to take photos while crying and waving.

Moments later, the nurses helped Diana craft her own message, organizing paper and pens.

Then he held up a sign to the window that looked out on Dennis, with the sign that said “I [heart] OR. “

Dennis stayed outside Diana’s room for about three and a half hours.

“Somewhere inside, even though we both understood the reasons, I suppose he was not satisfied with the situation of his isolation,” he told The Insider.

“He had to do what he could to push the limits and let her know he was with her, even if he couldn’t be in the same room.”

Diana was diagnosed with breast cancer at Christmas 2019.

She undergoes a 12-week chemotherapy regimen in hopes of eradicating the remaining cancer cells in her system.