Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Hakeem Adeniji shared news on social media that he and his wife Kayla Adeniji lost their son a week before his due date. In an emotional video, Hakeem explained that Kayla couldn’t feel their son moving so to be cautious, they went to the hospital for an ultrasound, which no longer showed a heartbeat.
They named their son Semiu Zade Adeniji and both the instant love they felt for him when they held him for the first time.
Hakeem called the stillbirth “the worst moment of my life”: “It’s the worst pain in the world. I can’t describe it to anybody.”
“I know everybody that knows me knows how bad I wanted to be … be a dad,” Hakeem added.
Wiping tears from his eyes, he reflected on the time he did get to spend with his son and emphasized that Semiu will always be remembered.
“We got to hold him. We got to spend some moments with him,” Hakeem said. “We’ll never forget him. We love him. He’s going to live on in our hearts forever.”
He thanked family and friends for being supportive and said “all we…
