Katie and Dalton Prager met when they were 18; both had cystic fibrosis.
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The two wanted to meet even though people with cystic fibrosis can easily share dangerous lung infections.
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The Pragers were married two years later.
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One month after meeting, Dalton had passed a dangerous infection on to Katie.
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A year after their wedding, the couple were too sick to work and had to quit their jobs.
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They both needed new lungs.
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Dalton had his transplant first. Despite his infection, the transplant in November was a success. Recently, he was hospitalized in St. Louis with pneumonia and a viral infection. He died September 17, 2016, at age 25.
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After months apart from Dalton, Katie found out she would receive a lifesaving lung transplant. She was able to briefly reunite with her husband afterward. She died at her home in Kentucky on September 22. She was 26.
