Kelly Stafford, wife of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, revealed Tuesday she nearly lost her hearing during the 12-hour operation to have a brain tumor removed last month.
Stafford took to Instagram to update her followers on her recovery, praising her University of Michigan Hospital surgeons as her own "Dream Team."
She called lead surgeon Dr. B. Gregory Johnson her Michael Jordan, and Dr. Steven Telian her Scottie Pippen.
Stafford wrote, in part:
When he (Thompson) opened me up, he saw an "anomalous" artery that is normally not there. In his 2000 cases, he had seen it ONE other time.