Heartbreaking moment wife of dying Tennessee father-of-four, 33, sings Amazing Grace days before he dies from 'human form of mad cow 病気'

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A Tennessee father-of-four has died just eight months after 契約ing the いわゆる 'human form of mad cow 病気'.

Tony Gibson, 33, passed away at a nursing home in Hendersonville on January 30, with his wife Danielle, 31, and two 始める，決めるs of twin girls, ages 11 and two, by his 味方する.

Last year, doctors told Tony he had developed a degenerative brain 病気 原因（となる）d by the same 感染性の proteins that 誘発する／引き起こす the 悪名高い 'mad cow 病気' in animals and that he wouldn't 生き残る more than a year.

Danielle told DailyMail.com that in the final two months of her husband's life, he was struggling to walk, talk and even eat.?

Three days before her husband died, Danielle is seen singing Tony's favorite hymn Amazing Grace to him in Facebook ビデオ that has 獲得するd more than 5,800 見解（をとる）s.??

Tony Gibson, 33 (pictured, December 24), from Lebanon , Tennessee, died just eight months after 契約ing a the いわゆる human form of mad cow 病気

In December 2017, Tony noticed a 拒絶する／低下する in his cognitive 技術s. He and his wife Danielle visited Vanderbilt University 医療の 中心 in Nashville four months after symptoms appeared in hopes of learning answers. Pictured: Tony with his daughters, left and 権利

'He was having trouble swallowing in the last week. It got to where he would 辞退する anything and shake his 長，率いる: "No",' Danielle said.

'The doctors told me it was just the 過程 of the 団体／死体 shutting 負かす／撃墜する. It was so hard to see because Tony is so strong; he's such a big guy.'??

Danielle told DailyMail.com last year that, in December 2017, Tony, an アイロンをかける 労働者, started forgetting how to get around his home.?

'He would say: "I'm going to the bathroom" and I would say: "That's not the bathroom",' she said.

'So I started labeling every room in the house. And that lasted about a month until he couldn't read anymore.'?

Tony's 条件 started to 悪化する even more. He would go to the neighbor's home to take care of the 'his dog' - even though he and Danielle don't have a dog.

He would 嘘（をつく） in bed with Danielle and tell her he 手配中の，お尋ね者 to have kids with her - even though they were raising four children together.

It got so bad that he would get lost while running errands, so Danielle didn't let him 運動 anymore.

The couple traveled to Vanderbilt University 医療の 中心 in Nashville from their home in Lebanon?four months after the symptoms started, and Danielle was 納得させるd he was 苦しむing from dementia.??

After a month of 実験（する）s, Tony (pictured, with his wife, Danielle) was 診断するd with Creutzfeldt-Jakob 病気?

CJD is a rare, degenerative brain disorder that is 原因（となる）d by coming into 接触する with tissue that has been 感染させるd, such as eating 汚染するd meat. Pictured: Tony and his wife Danielle

Danielle says she doesn't know how her husband 契約d CJD and doctors say he is one of the youngest 患者s they've ever seen. Pictured: Tony, left, and Danielle before his diagnosis

In May 2018, after a month of 実験（する）s, neurologists 配達するd a much different diagnosis: Creutzfeldt-Jakob 病気 (CJD).???

CJD is a rare, degenerative brain disorder that is 原因（となる）d by coming into 接触する with tissue that has been 感染させるd, such as eating 汚染するd meat.

Danielle says she doesn't know how her husband 契約d CJD and doctors say he is one of the youngest 患者s they've ever seen.

It is 原因（となる）d 予定 to 異常な 見解／翻訳／版s of a protein known as prion. Prions are 普通は 害のない but, when misshapen, they become 感染性の and create lesions, によれば the Mayo Clinic.

CJD cannot be transmitted in the 空気／公表する or through 性の 接触する.??

Symptoms 含む 不景気, 苦悩, memory loss, personality changes, impaired thinking, difficulty swallowing and difficulty speaking.

The mental 悪化／低下 is 早い, usually occurring within a few months. Many 苦しんでいる人s lapse into 昏睡.

によれば the 中心s for 病気 支配（する）／統制する and 予防, CJD 危険 速く 増加するs after age 50.

Usually symptoms begin to appear around age 60 and だいたい 70 パーセント of 苦しんでいる人s die within a year.

There is no 治療 or cure for CJD. 治療 計画（する）s 現在／一般に 伴う／関わる 少なくなるing the severity of symptoms and making those 影響する／感情d comfortable.

CJD occurs in three forms. One is 時折起こる with no known 原因（となる）s, which accounts for 85 パーセント of 事例／患者s, によれば the 国家の 学校／設けるs of Health.

This is the type that doctors believe Tony developed.

Another form is hereditary. Those with a family history of the 病気 and have a genetic 突然変異 account for 10 to 15 per cent of US 事例／患者s.

The rarest form is acquired CJD, which is when the brain or nervous system tissue becomes 感染させるd through （危険などに）さらす - only 原因（となる）ing one パーセント of 事例／患者s.

Danielle said in the final two months of Tony's life, he was struggling to walk, talk and even eat. Doctors explained to her it was the 過程 of the 団体／死体 shutting 負かす／撃墜する. Pictured: Tony with Danielle, left, and with his daughters, 権利

After Tony passed, Danielle 寄付するd his brain to the CJD 創立／基礎, which she hopes will help doctors find a cure or at least some form of 治療.?Pictured: Tony with Danielle and their four daughters

A type of CJD called variant CJD (vCJD) can occur from eating 感染させるd beef. First 述べるd in 1996 in the UK, this beef is already 感染させるd with a 病気 that is 類似の called bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or 'mad cow 病気'.

About one in a million people around the world become 感染させるd, with just 350 事例／患者s occurring 毎年 in the US.

Danielle said that when Tony was di agnosed, doctors told her that he had one year to live in the best 事例／患者 シナリオ.??

However, he 要求するd 一連の会議、交渉／完成する-the-clock care so he was placed in a nursing home in Hendersonville where his 条件 速く 悪化するd.

Danielle said that にもかかわらず knowing Tony did not have long to live, she is still struggling to 受託する the fact that he passed away.

'The hospice nurse tried to tell me it would get worse after he passed,' she said.

'I told her that I thought it wasn't the 事例／患者 because for the past year I felt he was already gone. But she?was 権利; you can't?準備する yourself for this.?

'Everything reminds me of him, every time I look at our babies, it's so hard.'?

After Tony passed, Danielle 寄付するd his brain to the CJD 創立／基礎, which she hopes will help doctors find a cure or at least some form of 治療.??

The family has created a GoFundMe page to cover the cost of Tony's 医療の 法案s and 供給する 財政上の 救済 for his wife and children.

So far, more than $7,700 has been raised out of a $10,000 goal.???