Russell and Wendy Davidson. 聽Photo from Facebook/Russell Davidson
Moving on is simply one of the hardest things do when a loved one passes away.
Russell Davidson had been so used to sharing a bed with his wife, Wendy, that he decided to continue doing so, even after she was pronounced dead.
The 50-year-old heartbroken husband, as per The Telegraph, spent six days in the same room with his wife鈥檚 corpse, refusing to bring her to a mortuary.
Almost a week after her demise, Davidson finally agreed to bring her to a crematorium and bid his final goodbye.
According to the report, Wendy, 50, 聽succumbed to聽cervical cancer inside their home in Derby, Connecticut, USA, last April 21, after her family chose to do聽away with聽traditional treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
鈥淲e were not prepared to hand her life over to doctors鈥攚e wanted to do our own research and do the very best job we could to keep Wendy alive,鈥� the heartbroken spouse confessed.
Shortly after she took her last breath, Davison聽couldn鈥檛 bear the thought of his loved one placed inside a plastic body bag, so he decided to place her in what appeared to be a personal 鈥渃ocoon.鈥�
鈥淔or a long time I have been determined to have Wendy at home when she died,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 did not want her in the mortuary or handed over to a funeral director, I wanted us to take care of her ourselves at our family home, and have her in our bedroom so I could sleep in the same room.鈥�
鈥淚 would describe the process as like an emotional decompression chamber, allowing us to start to come to terms with our loss while Wendy is still with us,鈥� he added.
Although his peculiar approach may have raised some eyebrows, Davidson assured that his way was completely natural.
鈥淲e have been fooled by TV and films into thinking there is something to be scared about with dead bodies鈥攖here is not, I can assure you,鈥� he said. 聽Khristian Ibarrola /ra
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