A California couple moved their wedding ceremony to a hospital chapel to fulfill the bride’s father’s dying wish to accompany his daughter down the aisle.
There wasn’t a dry eye inside St. Joseph Hospital when Abraham Arceo, who is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, gave his daughter Brittny away to the love of her life.
“He’s honestly my hero, and I’ve always looked up to him, ever since I was a little girl. So, even with this battle … he just means so much to me,” a tearful Brittny told WKYT.
Brittny’s original wedding date is still set for the end of June, but her father’s cancer began rapidly progressing in recent weeks.
That’s when she talked to a nurse about having the ceremony at the hospital.
The hospital staff planned out the entire wedding, even measuring the width of the doors to ensure Abraham’s wheelchair could fit through and creating a backup plan in case it didn’t.
Fortunately, it was just the right size and Abraham was wheeled to the alter with his hand holding his daughter’s and an IV bag trailing closely behind.
“Very emotional. It’s just been very hard lately, but we’re just glad they were able to do this for us. It meant a lot to Brittny, to me. Just wanted to make sure he was able to see her get married,” said Abraham Arceo’s wife, Cecilia Arceo.
To Brittny, the hospital wedding was even more special than anything she could have planned at a fancy venue.
“I’m just glad that he’s going to be able to live this moment and be able to walk me down because I know that’s what he wants. He just wants me to be happy,” Brittny told the outlet.
As the ceremony ended, a crowd of family members, nurses, doctors and hospital staff members cheered for the newlyweds and the bride’s father – whose wish came true.
