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The moment Kelly Stafford knew something was wrong, and more from TV interview

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Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press

Kelly Stafford said the room started to spin.

A moderate concern heightened because Stafford was holding her infant daughter and thought her dizziness would cause her to drop her child.

"I kind of just, like, almost threw her to Matthew because I felt myself going down," Stafford told Local 4's Hank Winchester.

Matthew, of course, is Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. The couple sat down with Winchester and, for the first time, shared Kelly's story of learning she had a brain tumor, having it removed and the long road to recovery.