Positivity: Couple celebrated life despite dim prognosis
From Dayton, OH (a related story is here):
FAIRBORN — Nothing about their relationship was typical. They met at Dayton Children’s Medical Center, dated over the phone, and kissed through oxygen masks.
But for Douglas and Misty (Rose) Langstaff, both born with cystic fibrosis, nothing was going to keep them from enjoying their life together.
The Fairborn couple married on April 14. A month and a day later, Misty, 18, died at Dayton Children’s.
Douglas Langstaff, 20, said although the couple of two years only got to experience married life for a short time, it felt like they’d been together 50 years.
“We did everything together,” he said. “The wedding was Misty’s highlight.”
Douglas helped Misty achieve other milestones in her last few months. She attended driving school and got her license, went horseback riding on their honeymoon in Kentucky, and received her high school diploma from Graham Digital Academy May 1.
“She was a very strong person,” Douglas said of Misty. “She never complained about her disease or anything.”
