kelly stafford was the epitome of good health.ack matt stafford posted videos of her boxing and working out. but nearly three weeks ago, she announced she had a brain tumor. >> i'm so proud. >> reporter: the 29-year-old sharing this video of her up and walking with her husband and family after a 12-hour surgery to remove an acoustic neuroma, a benign tumor that was sitting on heir cranial nerves. >> if anyone tries to slide attack you, you're protected. >> reporter: stafford also revealed her doctor faced an unexpected challenge writing when they opened me up i had an abnormal vein, maybe abnormal for other neurosurgeons but not the one we chose. as she starts her recovery, the young mother posted on instagram, in pain, but trying to hold off on my meds because i want to see my kids. i want to be coherent. tomorrow, it'll have been a whole week that i haven't seen them and my heart aches. the normally active mother says it was when she was playing with her girls that her symptoms would start to appear like dizziness, loss of balan

kelly stafford posted a new photo on instagram showing her leaving the hospital. she is the wife of the detroit lions quarterback. she was dealing with spells of vertigo, dizziness and tests later revealed she had a brain tumor. the couple has three daughters. we'll be right back. >>> good monday morning to you. a live look at palo alto. a few cars on the road. mike will have a look coming up in just a bit. 4:55 right now. >>> an east bay woman hit a snag buttoning up her work-at-home business. >> consumer investigators chris chmura. >> dawn carlson sold clothes for a company that uses lots of independent contractors like dawn. she recently decided to close her small business. so she returned the unsold clothing and expected a roughly $2,000 refund. well, it never came. three months and zero dollars later, dawn says lularoe told her it would take another nine months to get her money back. so dawn turned to us. we asked lularoe what happened. it didn't say. but it did send a check for 1,759.she took it and put lularoe behind her. . >>> here's something you don't se

kelly stafford is now home after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor from her brain.only supposed to take six hours but instead the surgery lasted 12. the tumor called an acoustic neuroma was cancerous but caused -- wasn't cancerous but caused dizziness. coming up on "good morning america," dr. jen ashton walks us through the surgery that saved stafford's life. >>> chalk up a playoff sweep for the nba's best regular season team. milwaukee finished off detroit last night in game four of their series. 127-104 was the final. next up for the bucks they try to get revenge against boston. the celtics knocked them out of the playoffs last season. ating night for phillies slugger bryce harper. after two strikeouts against the mets, harper was ejected for criticizing the umpire from the dugout. he's the first phillies player to be tossed from a game in nearly four years. the phillies also lost that game. when you have a big, big, big contract worth millions and millions of dollars and you're the top player there for not only for the phillies but one of the top paid players in

this morning, an foutpouring support for kelly stafford.wing a 12-hour brain surgery. >> if anyone tried to slide tackle you. >> reporter: theife of detroit lions quarterback matthew stafford and mom of three shared the etional video writing, it's the beginning o a new life for me. the procedure to remove a benign brain tumor took twice as long as expected. she first revealed her diagnosis three wks ago on instagram saying she began to notice symptoms last year saying things i had been my entire life were nowt. difficul after dizzy spells, an mri showed she had acoustic neuroma. despite her fears, her outlook mained sitive. she even snapped a smiling selfie the same day doctors found the tumor. captioning the moment, i wanted this picture of us so that the day this was all over, we could look at this photo and remember. kelly is no stranger to the spotlight. she's been a fublicace alongside her husband from opening up about their private struggles to grow their family -- >> we actually did ivf. >> reporter: -- to using her platform to help

this morning, an outpouring of support for kelly stafford.owing a 12-hour brain surgery. >> if you want to try to, like, slide tackle you, you're protected. >> the wife of detroit lions quarterback matthew stafford and mom of three shared the emotional video, writing, it's "the beginning of a new life for me." the procedure to remove a benign brain tumor took twice as long as expected. stafford first revealed her diagnosis on instagram three weeks ago, saying she began to notice symptoms last year while teaching ballet moves to her daughters, adding, "things that i had been doing my entire life were now, all of a sudden, difficult." after several dizzy spells, an mri revealed she had acoustic neuroma, a tumor sitting on her balance and auditory nerves. despite her fears, her outlook remained positive. she even snapped a smiling selfie the same day doctors found the tumor, captioning the moment, "i wanted this picture of us so that the day this was all over we could look back at this photo and remember." kelly is no stranger to the spotlight.

. >> reporter: in this morning's first look you are looking at the moment kelly stafford calls the beginfe. it's a photo alongside her husband matt stafford, when she revealed her troubling symptoms o her followers. >> i would twirl in ballet class and feel dizzy and off balance, things i have been doing my entire life were all of a sudden difficult. the mom of three so fit in the past, suddenly enduring spells of vertigo and then the diagnosis that would floor her. an acoustic neuroma, also known as a benign brain tumor. coming up, dr. jen ashton walks us through the 12-hour surgery that saves stafford's life and breaks down the warning science. abc news, new york. >> what a story. we are glad she is okay and recovering this morning. >>> being in the nfl, the nfl draft is just a few days away. >> the south bay, the 49ers general manager don lynch gave us an inside look at the war room. the 49ers have the second overall pick in the draft. it's the fourth year in a row. lynch didn't reveal specifics about the path they will take. most say 49ers will take nick bosa. the raiders have three

kelly stafford posted a new photo showing her leaving the hospital.s quarterback. her story made headlines earlier this year. she was dealing with spells of vertigo and dizziness. she had tests and it was revealed she had a brain tumor. they have three daughters. very good news she was heading home. >>> new hope this morning for als patients. doctors at st. jude hospital found two enzymes which can break down what kills muss skcld brain cells. >> what will be more exciting is if we can translate this to patients. that is ultimately the goal of research. >> more lab testing is to see if boosting the enzymes with drugs can treat muscle and brain disorders. >> this weekend, the north american box office saw its slowest easter sunday in a decade. >> this latin american film won the weekend. horror film "the curse of la llorona" this weekend's movies earned $12 million in ticket sales, the lowest showing since 2005. i can't concentrate because i hate scary movies. hollywood studios have been holding onto their bigger titles to await avengers end game frida

. >> kelly stafford's operation to remove a benign tumor took 12 hours, twice as long as expected. the 29-year-old mother of three says doctors found an abnormal vein. >> luckily her surgeon not only knew what to do, he's written about it. stafford says this is the beginning of a new life for her. >> she had an acoustic neuroma, noncancerous, but it pressed against her cranial nerves there and caused some dizziness. seeing some of these things she's experienced before, which is another reminder, if you feel something -- >> get it checked out. >> i hear for women, for mothers, typically they just move along throughout the day. >> yeah. >> and they ignore some of those symptoms. thankfully they noticed them and then got some help and got some treatment. >> a busy mom like her, they have three children, 2-year-old twins and a baby born last august. so imagine. she has her hands completely full at home. but so glad that she is out of the hospital and doing well. >> yeah, definitely. >>> coming up, 1969. a year of turbulence but also inspiration. >> we'll take a look at the historic moo

kelly stafford posted on instagram wednesday she went to the emergency room after excruciating pain.he tried to deal with the headaches and other issues on her own but finally decided to seek help. >> stafford says she hopes to return home this morning. she was initially discharged from the hospital on sunday after a 12-hour procedure. >>> the cdc is confirming that the potentially deadly kissing bug has been confirmed and for the first time in delaware. authorities say a girl was bitten last july when she was watching television in her bedroom, and it was confirmed this month. >> the bugs can pass on a deadly infection, but the girl did not become ill. the nickname comes from a tendency to bite faces. the insect is originally from central and south america and has been spotted in other parts of the u.s., including maryland, virginia, and pennsylvania. kissing bug, beware. >> yeah. it's usually found indoors, in cracks or holes, in concrete, under trees, bark, or in doghouses. >> from central and south america but somehow it ended up in delaware? >> that's like stink bugs. do not mak

kelly tennant stafford biden is 76, if he was elected he would be oldest man to take over the oval officeection "the battle of the soul of america." >> america is an idea, bigger than any ocean, more powerful than any tyrant, it gives hope to the most desperate people on earth. it guarantees everyone is treated with dignity and gives hate no safe harbor. >> reporter: biden has catching up to do, he will start fundraising tonight in philadelphia. on friday he will visit pittsburgh, in the coming weeks off to the early voting states, including new hampshire, pundits say biden already has the edge. >> i talked to a lot of people, they say electability is the most important. somebody who can beat donald trump. right now the polls indicate joe biden would be that person. >> reporter: kamala harris released a statement in part this morning "my friend joe biden is now running for president. do you know what i say to that? the more the merrier. joe brings a wealth of knowledge to the race, i am excited to debate with him." joe biden has a lot of company, he is the 20th democrat to jump into the r