I don't know. Most women will be by their man when it's not "better", but "worse"....
I watched the power of a determined wife go into battle with a close friend who lost his battle to Cancer. She loved that man and would swing foe the fence daily while he battled to breathe....
My wife was a nurse and she would do the same. When she trained and worked they all wore white and the white cap so I always refer to nurses as Angels in White" and it's true.