As we inch closer to the 2020 NFL season, one of the biggest questions is how healthy will Matthew Stafford‘s back be?
Well, according to a heartfelt message just posted to Instagram by Kelly Stafford, Matthew’s back is completely healed.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9PQGSEBh75/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“This game was a few weeks after I told Matthew I was expecting, well really before he found out.
The day I found out I was pregnant, was the same day Matthew found out he had broken his back. With that news, I decided I would keep the pregnancy to myself because for so long we had been so worried about my brain and my recovery, I didn’t want him to have to think about me continuing to recover while growing a baby.. I wanted him to have a clear mind so that he could have a quick, successful recovery himself.
That lasted 3 days.
Matthew is sometimes too smart for his own good. While I was so focused on him, he was focused on me, with the littlest of things clueing him into what was going on. He asked if I was, I said yes, and we hugged it out.
The next month & a half was hard and exhausting.
Our 3 little ones were extremely sick for weeks, at least one of them throwing up a day.. everyone telling us it was a virus so they fought like the little warriors they are, only for it to turn into pneumonia. Poor things were not themselves for too long.
I had zero energy. This pregnancy had been my toughest yet.. messing more so with my head & my balance, making me sick & constantly worried something else was wrong. Then there was my incredible husband trying to keep it together while dealing with his own health issue… & all of this with the holidays were quickly approaching.. & we all know how busy & hectic the holidays are.
We made it through, completing all the holiday traditions we had made thus far as a family.. but we were very ready for these tables to turn.
They did.
At the beginning of jan, after strong antibiotics, our girls started to gain their personalities & weight back.
Matthew had gotten word that his back had completely healed and because of symptoms I was having, I got an MRI on my brain that showed no residual from surgery & everything looked normal.
We finally felt like we had caught a break.
The past 15 months have really taken a toll on me and my family. Next month will mark a year from my brain surgery. It is a year that has helped my family grow in numbers and in strength, but it is a year that I never want to revisit. #StaffordStrong”
