Cleveland Browns subordinate Hakeem Adeniji shared the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of his and his woman Kayla’s archetypal baby, a lad named Semiu, who was stillborn a week earlier his owed date.
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Hakeem Adeniji has experienced a devastating loss.
The Cleveland Browns’ violative tackle shared that his and his woman Kayla Adeniji’s archetypal baby, a lad named Semiu Zade Adeniji, was stillborn little than a week earlier his owed date.
Hakeem shared the heartbreaking quality successful an affectional societal media post, noting helium and Kayla rushed to the infirmary connected Nov. 1 aft she said she couldn’t “feel” their son.
The mates arrived astatine the hospital, wherever an ultrasound was administered. “They enactment it connected her tummy and we didn’t perceive anything,” Hakeem explained successful the Nov. 5 video, increasing tearful. “It was the worst infinitesimal of my life. Everybody that knows maine knows however atrocious I wanted to beryllium a dad.”
The 26-year-old said helium and Kayla were capable to walk immoderate clip with their son—with whom Kayla became large pursuing a “long process” of successful vitro fertilization (IVF)—after helium was delivered, pictures of which Hakeem shared successful a consequent post.
“We were six days distant from having our small boy,” helium added successful his video. “We got to clasp him. We got to walk immoderate moments with him. We’ll ne'er hide him. We emotion him. He’s going to unrecorded connected successful our hearts forever.”
Instagram/Kayla Adeniji
Hakeem shared an further update a fewer days later, which helium captioned, “Better days up of us.”
In summation to the photos of himself and Kayla with their son, the NFL subordinate shared an affectional message, noting successful the then-week since the mates mislaid their babe “there’s been anger, sadness, and emptiness.”
“The information that helium is gone has acceptable successful present and thing tin alteration that,” helium wrote. “I miss him and I’ll miss him mundane for the remainder of my life. Kayla and I privation to retrieve him for each the blessed times helium gave us, and each the hard moments helium got america through.”
Hakeem continued, “I inactive privation to beryllium a dada much than thing other successful this world, and helium gave maine that adjacent though it was abbreviated lived. When and if I ever get that accidental again I’ll ne'er instrumentality a time for granted.”
Instagram/Kayla Adeniji
For her part, Kayla—who tied the knot with Hakeem successful 2021—also penned a moving message alongside a video of her holding Semiu for the archetypal time, of which she wrote, “It conscionable felt similar helium was taking a nap successful my arms, helium looked truthful peaceful.”
She besides shared however she and Hakeem planned to grant Semiu, some connected the time helium was meant to beryllium brought into the satellite and forever.
“Today, November 7th astatine 7:30am we were expected to cheque into the infirmary for a scheduled induction,” she wrote. “We are choosing to usage this time to grant our small lad and make our caller household traditions. The Lion King was Hakeem’s favourite movie and helium ever talked astir however helium couldn’t hold to ticker it with our son. So we volition bash precisely that and retrieve our brave small boy.”
She concluded, “Until I tin clasp your manus again son, I emotion you.”
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