Jenny Tice needed an necessary individual by her facet for her huge day.
After her now-husband Robert Nathaniel Eberhart popped the query, the 36-year-old instantly knew who she envisioned strolling her down the aisle at their marriage ceremony: Dr. Carlos Esquivel, the surgeon who carried out two life-saving surgical procedures on her.
“When Nathan requested me to be his spouse, my second thought after saying ‘heck sure’ was that I needed my surgeon to stroll me down the aisle,” Jenny instructed Folks in an interview revealed March 5. “He’s my hero.”
Certainly, Dr. Esquivel has been an necessary a part of Jenny’s life since she was 8 months outdated, when she was recognized with biliary atresia, a uncommon dysfunction that impacts the bile ducts within the physique and may result in liver injury or different issues, in response to Cleveland Clinic.
Due to her situation, which may be deadly in newborns, Jenny wanted a liver transplant earlier than the age of two, and Dr. Esquivel—who’s chief of the Division of Transplantation at Stanford Drugs Kids’s Well being in California—was the one to efficiently carry out the surgical procedure.
