NFL player Brandon Mebane loses his 7-week-old baby girl Makenna to a rare genetic heart condition
As reported by the National Institutes of Health, infants who are born with this disease live only for a few days or weeks after birth
NFL player Brandon Mebane has had to live through a parent's worst nightmare as he lost his seven-week-old daughter Makenna to a rare genetic heart condition. Little Makenna passed away at a NICU in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 3.
According to multiple outlets, Mebane is the defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers. Brandon had to miss out on four games through November and December in order to be with his wife and two children when Makenna was born with a chromosome disorder. The condition is known as 'Trisomy 13' and tends to cause intellectual disabilities as well as physical abnormalities such as heart defects and poorly developed eyes.