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