Former NFL running back Tevin Coleman and spouse Akilah Coleman shared a heartbreaking well being replace about their daughter Nazaneen.
The 6-year-old lives with sickle cell illness and was just lately positioned on a ventilator, the Colemans revealed Tuesday in a video posted to social media.
The video confirmed Nazaneen in a hospital and spending time together with her father.
“A brief story about essentially the most resilient lady I do know,” Akilah captioned the Instagram video. She later shared that Nazaneen just lately had a stint with a ventilator.
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Tevin Coleman of the San Francisco 49ers stands on the sideline earlier than going through the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl at Arduous Rock Stadium Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Pictures)
She additionally defined that her younger daughter “couldn’t breathe on her personal & wanted the machine to develop her lungs & breathe for her. She additionally obtained her first blood transfusion.”
Akilah praised the previous Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers operating again for his skill to stay calm within the face of the devastating information. When she discovered of her daughter’s newest well being complication, Akilah mentioned she began to hyperventilate.
“I used to be swinging in & out of consciousness, it’s a sense unexplainable watching your baby actually struggle to breathe,” the caption continued. “Tevin managed to calm my spirit whereas managing his personal. I’m so sorry for that as a result of it doesn’t go away area for him to undergo the motions.”
Tevin Coleman of the Atlanta Falcons carries the ball for a landing in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Dec. 16, 2018, in Atlanta. (Scott Cunningham/Getty Pictures)
Coleman beforehand opened up about his daughter’s well being and revealed that he skilled signs of sickle cell illness throughout his time with the Indiana Hoosiers football staff.
“I simply needed to guard my daughter after I first discovered she first had it,” Coleman instructed Individuals journal in 2023. “I needed to guard her — from the general public, from everyone. So, that is why I did not say something at first.”
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The Falcons chosen Coleman within the third spherical of the 2015 NFL Draft. He rushed for two,340 yards over his 4 seasons in Atlanta and performed within the 2017 Tremendous Bowl. He joined the 49ers in 2019 and appeared within the 2020 Tremendous Bowl. He then signed with the Jets in 2021, earlier than returning to San Francisco in 2022.
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