{"id":14575,"date":"2024-11-03T17:25:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14575"},"modified":"2024-11-03T17:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:25:38","slug":"nfl-player-announces-death-of-23-month-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=14575","title":{"rendered":"NFL player announces death of 23-month-old daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A member of the San Francisco 49ers is mourning the death of their 23-month-old daughter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charvarius Ward, a cornerback for the 49ers, announced on Tuesday, October 29 that his daughter, Amani Joy, had died. His daughter, whom he shares with girlfriend Monique Cook, was weeks away from turning two years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken that our beautiful baby girl, Amani Joy passed away on Monday morning. She was the best blessing we could have asked for, and her joyous spirit made us smile from ear to ear,\u201d Ward wrote on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBt6-R4Jc8_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe taught us to have patience, trust, and a positive outlook on life. She showed us true strength and bravery. She overcame adversity at a young age and was always happy, lighting up every room with her smile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/49ers\/article\/49ers-charvarius-ward-announces-death-daughter-19871698.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">SFGate<\/a>, Amani was diagnosed with Down syndrome and a heart defect in utero. She was born five weeks early, and underwent heart surgery before she was six months old.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Ward dedicated a post on Instagram to his daughter in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmani Joy Ward has been the best blessing I could\u2019ve asked for. I used to think Down Syndrome was a handicap but now I realize it is just a gift from God,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing Amani\u2019s dad has taught me patience &amp; how to surrender &amp; let things be. We couldn\u2019t control whether she had Trisomy 21 but we can control our attitude about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers also released a statement in support of Ward and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 49ers family is devastated by the sudden passing of Charvarius Ward\u2019s beloved one-year-old daughter, Amani Joy,\u201d the team\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DBt8akyOer9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cAmani truly embodied pure happiness and brought joy to all those around her with her sweet demeanor and contagious laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the San Francisco 49ers is mourning the death of their 23-month-old daughter&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":710,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/used82.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}