Man with Terminal Diagnosis Gets Married in the Hospital. Weeks Later It Was Time to Say Goodbye (Exclusive)
Stephen and April Ruma.Photo:Courtesy of Stephen and April Ruma Courtesy of Stephen and April Ruma After overhearing a patient with a terminal diagnosis talking about hisdream wedding, the staff atMassachusetts’s Generalhospital decorated Stephen Ruma’s room so he could marry his fiancé, April Rae, on Sept. 2. “As much time as I have left, I want to spend it with April,” Stephen told PEOPLE on Sept. 26, one day before his death at the age of 70....