Patrick Mahomes gets heartbreaking update on his grandfather hours before the Chiefs play the Super Bowl

Patrick Mahomes' ma has said her begetter is 'hanging on' successful a hospice to effort and spot his grandson successful the Super Bowl connected Sunday.

She revealed successful January that her father's wellness had taken a crook but she has inactive made it to New Orleans to enactment her lad arsenic helium tries to unafraid the 'three-peat' with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Randi told People: 'I cognize that it has meant a batch to him (that Patrick is successful different Super Bowl). And I deliberation he's hanging connected due to the fact that helium wants to spot his grandson bash an astonishing happening oregon conscionable fto him play.

'I mean, helium indispensable beryllium specified a arrogant grandpa, truthful proud. And my ma was precise arrogant and his different grandparents.' 

Mahomes' ma added that she has kept the Chiefs backmost updated connected his grandfather's assistance but has tried not to 'bug him' up of what could beryllium a career-defining game. 

She has repeatedly spoken connected societal media astir her father, Randy, and his sick wellness but has ne'er revealed precisely what the contented is. Randy turned 78 connected January 6.

For the Chiefs prima Patrick, the quality besides comes weeks aft the commencement of his 3rd child, a 2nd girl called Golden Raye.

Randi Mahomes took to Instagram implicit the holidays and asked for prayers for her father, Randy and successful September shared a representation of herself watching Patrick and the Chiefs play from her dad's infirmary bed. 

'Prayer warriors delight commune for my daddy,' she wrote connected September 13 arsenic the Chiefs played the Los Angeles Chargers. 'He is successful the infirmary and is not well.'

She besides shared a representation of her begetter retired of infirmary connected Thanksgiving and said she was thrilled to beryllium celebrating with him. 

Patrick, meanwhile, took immoderate clip to decompress from an aggravated week of buildup to the Super Bowl connected Friday night.

He headed retired for meal with his woman Brittany and teammate Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift successful the trendy Magazine Street for dinner. 

Brittany had arrived successful New Orleans earlier that time and she is acceptable to bring their newborn babe to the Super Bowl connected Sunday.