Hollie and Adam met in a California doctor's office when the nurse was assigned to treat him for Lyme disease in 2009.

As time passed, a relationship grew, but so did Adam's illness which turned out not to be Lyme disease at all, but amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: ALS.

ALS has gone from being a relatively unknown illness to the subject of a viral campaign, the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge that's seemingly taken over the internet.

Behind all the celebrities in bikinis and hilarious Ice Bucket Challenge blooper reels, though, is a serious degenerative disorder and the people who are affected by it, like Adam and Hollie.

True love: Adam and Hollie on their wedding day at Walnut Grove At Tierra Rejada Ranch in Moorpark, California

Beautiful day: Hollie said both she and Adam were equally involved in planning their wedding day

Hollie and Adam's relationship blossomed in the doctor's office where they spent three hours together several times a week for a year, but Adam's condition was not improving.

'At first we were treating Lyme Disease, but my heart and mind were telling me otherwise,' Hollie told wedding blog Style Me Pretty. 'Once I finally got Adam on board, we went to one of the top Neurologist in UCLA. Our end diagnosis: ALS.'

The diagnosis was a game changer in the burgeoning relationship.

There is no cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, which is a progressive degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

As the disease progresses, patients may become completely paralyzed. The life expectancy of an ALS patients is about two to five years from the time of diagnosis.

Meaningful: Hollie, Adam and Hollie's son Joshua each poured different-colored sand into a jar to signify their unity as a family in what is one of Hollie's most treasured memories of the day

Sealed with a kiss: Hollie and Adam wed after he was diagnosed with ALS, a degenerative brain disorder

Bittersweet: Adam and Hollie only had a short time together after their wedding before he passed away

After receiving the diagnosis, Adam told Hollie, 'I want my last days seeing your face, kissing your lips, sleeping by your side. I understand if you don’t want this burden on you. But if you want me, I want to marry you,' Hollie told Style Me Pretty.

They became engaged in 2011.

The couple, Hollie's son from a previous relationship Joshua, and their family and friends celebrated Hollie and Adam's love in a beautiful ceremony in the spring of 2012 at Walnut Grove At Tierra Rejada Ranch in Moorpark, California, where Adam's motorized wheelchair could easily traverse the smooth pathways.

Hollie told Style Me Pretty that Adams was involved in planning the wedding just as much as she was and even helped her choose her wedding dress.

Family: After their marriage, Adam adopted Hollie's son from a previous marriage, Joshua (pictured left)

In sickness and in health: Adam spent his last days with his beloved wife Hollie, who never hesitated to marry him despite his serious, worsening illness

'He is the only person I want approval from,' she explained. 'I want to make sure he fell in love with it as much as I did.'

Hollie told the Huffington Post that her favorite memory from the ceremony was when she, Joshua and Adam poured different-colored sand into a jar to signify their unity as a family.

She and her new husband whizzed around the dancefloor to the Beatles' In My Life, Hollie sitting on Adam's lap as he made circles in his wheelchair.

After the pair were married, Adam adopted Joshua as his own son.

'Joshua loves Adam, he calls him his dad and he is all he knows,' Hollie told The Huffington Post. 'He knew his dad was sick and there was no medicine for his sickness.'

Adam died in October 2013.