. >> pete hall verston has been at the hospital everyday since he learned his father has glioblastomand possibly little time left. >> possibly days or weeks. >> reporter: he and his wife have been married 47 years and even as a purple heart representative in vietnam never took off his wedding ring. you can imagine the confusion when they looked and saw it came off. >> it had to be forced off. no way it fell off. >> his wife did notice something. >> he was swinging with one of his hands. >> this led the halvertsons to wonder if someone on the staff had stolen the ring. the issue appeared to be falling on deaf ears. >> we were screaming to no one. this did not just fall off his hand. he took the story to twitter and said only then did the hospital question the nurses. >> in this time of grief, added sadness, especially to penny. >> she was looking forward to putting it on her neck class and keeping him close to her. her necklace -- >> abc7 news. >>> the city e-mailed us a statement about the search for bill's ring. it reads in part, when we were made aware of the loss on saturday we beg