India, Sept. 6 -- Lisa Pontius, a content creator with more than 664,000 TikTok followers, lost her husband Matthew on August 19 after a rapid battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. In a video shared a week later, Lisa revealed how she tried to preserve something tangible for their three children before his passing.

According to People, the short clip, shared on TikTok, shows Matthew in a hospital bed, oxygen tubes visible, with his hand resting in a bucket to make a mold. Overlaying text reads: "Me taking a hand cast of my husband so the kids can always hold daddy's hand after he passes."

The footage struck a chord as it has since been viewed more than 5.2 million times and collected over 198,000 likes.

Speaking to People, Lisa explai...