COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Brandon Mebane said that his 7-week-old daughter Makenna died Thursday.
"I'm still thankful, and I thank God every day," Mebane said. "I still pray. We're taking it one day at a time."
Makenna was born Nov. 12 with trisomy 13. Because of her defective heart condition, his daughter did not have a heart valve, which required surgery to fix.
"She just kept having bleeding from her stomach, and then they tried to feed her, it wasn't good for her liver," Mebane said, holding back tears.