Ashley Ryan had a simple favor to ask of her husband before he took the field in Sunday's game against Washington at FedEx Field.
She spoke to the Giants' 29-year-old defensive back from the couple's home in New Jersey, where she was resting after one of the most difficult weeks of their lives. Just days earlier, she'd undergone emergency surgery after experiencing severe abdominal pain that prompted the Giants' medical staff to urge her to seek treatment. Doctors discovered she was pregnant, but because it was an ectopic pregnancy, surgery was needed to save her life.
The couple lost the baby.
