Ryan Kelly: Indianapolis Colts player and wife Emma mourn the loss of daughter

 (CNN) — Indianapolis Colts halfway Ryan Kelly and his wife, Emma, are mourning the nonaccomplishment of their babe girl, Mary Katherine, connected societal media.

Emma Kelly said that she was 19 weeks into the gestation erstwhile she went to the infirmary past Wednesday aft experiencing complications.

At the hospital, she says she learned that her daughter’s bosom stopped.

“I was told determination was nary different prime but to present our babe next,” she wrote connected Instagram connected Monday. “Ryan and I spent astir 48 hours successful the hospital.

“I labored for 24 hours with her earlier she made her entranceway connected December 17th. I was truthful aggravated astatine archetypal that I had to present her, lone for it to go the biggest blessing retired of this nightmare. It gave Ryan and I the accidental to clasp our small Saint, Mary Kate, earlier officially saying goodbye to her.

“These 19 weeks with her opened our hearts & souls much than we ever imagined imaginable & I’m everlastingly grateful we had immoderate time, earth-side, with the small miss who made america ma and dad.

“She was tiny, cleanable and incredibly loved from everyone who knew she existed. I don’t deliberation we’ll ever recognize wherefore God decided to telephone her location erstwhile helium did but our religion is unshaken. He knows amended than we & she was needed backmost home, successful Heaven.”

Ryan Kelly expressed his feelings connected Twitter.

“Nothing made maine happier than being your Dad,” helium wrote. “You gave your Mom and I that gift. You were simply a occurrence and ever volition be.

“I’m atrocious you ne'er got to unfastened those saccharine eyes and spot america oregon instrumentality your archetypal steps but you person angel wings now. You near this satellite excessively soon but we cognize God had a bigger intent for you. Your ma and I find comfortableness knowing you’re being loved connected by your large grandparents.

“Thank you for watching implicit america and your aboriginal siblings. I’ll everlastingly wonderment who you’d beryllium today. Until we conscionable again my saccharine girl, I emotion you.”

Colts support

In support, the Colts tweeted an emoji of a bluish bosom and butterfly.

Kelly missed the Colts’ 27-17 triumph against the New England Patriots on Saturday nighttime aft his daughter’s death.

After the game, Colts caput coach, Frank Reich, said the squad was honoring the household and Patriots caput manager Bill Belichick extended his sympathy.

“We tin each conscionable amusement him the emotion and attraction that helium has for this game,” Colts cornerback Kenny Moore II said.

“We tin amusement that aforesaid emotion and attraction for him disconnected the tract … It conscionable shows that beingness hits everybody hard astatine immoderate constituent on the road. We’re present reasoning astir Ryan and his household arsenic they spell done this pugnacious time.