Ex-NFL star Tevin Coleman's daughter 'couldn't breathe on her own,' put on ventilator amid sickle cell fight

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Former NFL running back Tevin Coleman and wife Akilah Coleman shared a heartbreaking health update about their daughter Nazaneen. 

The 6-year-old lives with sickle cell disease and was recently placed on a ventilator, the Colemans revealed Tuesday in a video posted to social media.

The video showed Nazaneen in a hospital and spending time with her father.

"A short story about the most resilient girl I know," Akilah captioned the Instagram video. She later shared that Nazaneen recently had a stint with a ventilator.

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Tevin Coleman of the San Francisco 49ers stands on the sideline before facing the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

She also explained that her young daughter "couldn’t breathe on her own & needed the machine to expand her lungs & breathe for her. She also received her first blood transfusion."

Akilah praised the former Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers running back for his ability to remain calm in the face of the devastating news. When she learned of her daughter's latest health complication, Akilah said she started to hyperventilate.

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"I was swinging in & out of consciousness, it’s a feeling unexplainable watching your child literally fight to breathe," the caption continued. "Tevin managed to calm my spirit while managing his own. I’m so sorry for that because it doesn’t leave space for him to go through the motions."

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