Por’s wife, Vanda, told Channel 3's Ruang Lao Chao Nee on Sunday morning that she believed her husband tried to fight the disease with difficulty for 70 days in order to buy time for her and their two year-old daughter Mali so that they could prepare for his loss.“On the day I told Por that I was ready to face it, after that he deteriorated and went peacefully,” Ms Vanda said. “He told me he loved me and wanted me to be able to move on.”