Trent Williams and Sondra Williams are huddling up following an insurmountable loss.
After the couple shared on Dec. 1 that their son Trenton O’Brien Williams was stillborn at 35 weeks, San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan gave an update on the offensive tackle and his family.
“It's something that happened last week and he was there at the hospital with her and got to meet him and say bye,” Kyle said in a statement to ESPN in an article published Dec. 2. “And then he had to cremate him on Friday. He's been dealing with that and he's working through it. We're all just trying to be here for him through it all.”
Trent and Sondra—who had been pregnant with twins and lost Trenton’s sibling earlier in the pregnancy—shared the devastating loss on Instagram earlier this month, with Sondra calling it, “the saddest Hello and Goodbye that I've ever had to endure."
As the 49ers players continue to support Trent, 36, and Sondra—who also share daughters Micah, 15, MaKayla, 11, and Madison, 2—amid their tumultuous time, Kyle emphasized how difficult it has been.
“It's hard as a coach," he added to ESPN. "It's hard as a friend, it's hard as a family member. It's hard for everybody. But we spend a lot of time with each other. That's what's cool about a football team. Whatever you go through, the good or the bad, we go through it together.”
The 45-year-old—who was named head coach of the 49ers in 2017—expressed that while Trent will never fully heal from the loss of his son, he hopes his football team provides valuable support as he works through it.
"You can never escape that full grief,” he added, “but I do think it's nice for those guys to have another avenue to get out on the football field, to get around teammates and things like that.”
Sondra shared that her and Trent’s son had been diagnosed with Patau syndrome, a rare genetic condition that duplicates the 13th chromosome and has a survival rate of less than 10 percent within the first two weeks of birth, according to Cleveland Clinic.
“Being home without you in my arms has been quite an adjustment,” Sondra further detailed in her Dec. 1 post. “I'm at peace knowing you will never have to suffer. Although I will never hear your soft coos and cries or see those beautiful little eyes staring up at me, I am grateful to God for the time I shared with you."