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“They had to keep turning the amount of oxygen that Sean was getting from the ventilator … and then they couldn't turn the machine up anymore,” she said

In one of their final conversations in the hospital, Sean -- whose lungs were failing due to the disease -- told his wife that he didn’t want to die

“I think he was really scared and I guess obviously he was scared enough that that’s what he said to me,” she said

She replied: “Dont die, our story’s not over yet.”

Sean passed away Wednesday night in hospital. Ten hours after his death, doctors finally received the results of his COVID-19 test. He tested positive

Officials do not know where he contracted the illness, a sign the illness is spreading within communities

One of the things she’ll miss the most about her husband, Teri said, is the way he would call “Marco!” when he was trying to find her at home. She would reply, “Polo!”

“So, I wont have that anymore” she said. “There are no words. There really are no words. This is something that nobody should ever have to experience”

As of Thursday night, 12 Canadians have died of COVID-19 and more than 870 others have been infected