A woman married her fiancé in hospital after learning he was seriously ill - and he died just 34 hours later.

Rosie Dack, 25, married late husband Ryan, 25, in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on June 25, 2023, after he was given a week to live.

The pair planned the wedding in just two hours - after Ryan told Rosie on a whim his last wish was to marry her.

Rosie wore a white summer dress she found at the back of her wardrobe, and they celebrated with family, friends, canteen cake and plastic cups of nozeco.

But on the evening of June 26, Ryan died - leaving Rosie to go on with her arranged hen do and celebrate their anniversary as a widow.

Rosie, a content creator from Norwich, Norfolk, said: “It was the best day of my life - but I didn’t know it would be my last with him.

“When hospital staff heard getting married was Ryan’s last wish, they did absolutely everything they could."

Rosie and Ryan met at powerchair football in September 2016.

She played for Watford, while Ryan played for Middlesborough - and she admits she “friendzoned” him at first.

But Ryan was a “charmer” and spent four years trying to get her to go on a date with him.

She said: “He was always flirting and wanting to get to know me - he’d send flowers a lot.

“He tried to graft quite a bit to get to me - I friendzoned him at the time, which I completely regret now.

“At first I didn’t see any attraction, but as time grew, so did our love.”

While at a New Year’s Eve party on December 31, 2019 - Rosie and Ryan made a pact to get together if they were still single by the following year.

But as the pandemic hit the two were forced to shield - so they kept up their friendship on Skype.

Rosie fell in love with him and decided to pursue a relationship after they met in person again the following year.

“We waited until we’d had our first vaccines to see each other again,” she added. “And when I did, I realised I was in love with him."

In October 2022, after a year of dating, Ryan came down to Rosie’s home in Norwich for a family barbeque.

A song they loved WHICH SONG started playing on the speaker - and Ryan took Rosie’s hand and asked her to marry him.

Rosie said: “I absolutely bawled my eyes out and ugly-cried - I just couldn’t speak.”

The couple planned to marry in August 2023, with Rosie’s hen party set to take place on July 10.

In the meantime, Ryan moved into Rosie’s home - and they spent their first Christmas as an engaged couple.

“It was bliss,” she added. “We couldn’t wait for the next one.”

But six months later, while Rosie was away in LOCATION playing powerchair football, Ryan texted her saying he was experiencing a tickly throat, runny nose and generally “wasn’t feeling great”.

Rosie took him to the GP on June 20.

Ryan was prescribed antibiotics and sent home - but the next day, his blood oxygen levels were measuring low, and his breathing became progressively shallower.