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Kelly and Matt Stafford expecting 4th child less than a year after her brain surgery

By WSBTV.com News Staff
By WSBTV.com News Staff

DETROIT, Mich. — Former University of Georgia quarterback Matt Stafford and his wife Kelly have announced that they are expecting another baby less than a year after Kelly had brain surgery.

The couple announced they are expecting on Instagram during a family trip to Disneyland Sunday.

“Baby Stafford #4 due this summer (no worries, well before training camp),” Kelly wrote. “We won’t know whether the Stafford kids will continue as a girl squad or if a little brother will enter the craziness until baby is here. Excited and exhausted!”

Last year, Kelly had surgery to remove a benign brain tumor known as an acoustic neuroma, which can affect a person's hearing and balance.

Kelly said she went to the doctor because she experienced several episodes of vertigo. A team doctor for the Detroit Lions, who drafted Matthew Stafford with No. 1 pick in 2009, recommended for Kelly Stafford to have a MRI, which revealed the tumor.

In April 2019, Kelly underwent surgery to remove the tumor, which turned into a 12-hour ordeal after doctors saw an abnormal vein.

The surgery was a success -- she did not lose hearing or facial functions -- but she did have a long road to recovery that she detailed on Instagram.

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It’s been 6 months. 6 months ago I was an hour into, what I didn’t know was the longest 12 hours of my life and most likely, my families’ lives. I didn’t know what the future held for me, I didn’t care, as long as there was a future with my husband and kids. We all have hard times in our lives.. we all go through tough moments and those moments are significant because it is how we respond that paves the way for our future. I was absolutely terrified of everything about this surgery, but I told myself at the other end, I would do everything I could to get back to being the Kelly I was before.. hopefully a better version.. regardless of what happened or what I may have looked like after all of it. Because.. after it’s all said and done, people will love you for how bright you can make a room, for how kind you are, for your ability to put others before yourself without asking anything in return... And I probably needed that reminder.. I know I look at things entirely different. I know my husband looks at things entirely different and I can only hope that mindset trickles down to my children. The mindset that life is short and being kind is what makes you lovable, not what you look like, not what you do for a living, not how much money you have.. but by how big your heart is. I’m so grateful for having been through this. It was tough as hell on me and everyone around me, but I know it has changed us and changed us for the better. I may not look the exact same, I may not feel entirely the same.. but hell, I am here, I am enjoying every moment, and im here for anyone who wants to enjoy it with me. #StaffordStrong #ANwarrior

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The Staffords met at UGA as undergraduates and have three daughters, identical twins Sawyer and Chandler and younger sister Hunter.

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