The Detroit Lions announced Tuesday that quarterback Matthew Stafford did not have COVID-19 after a false positive test last week.
But that didn't spare the family the fear of the disease, and in some cases, the isolation and ridicule from the public.
Stafford's wife, Kelly, posted a message on Instagram about an hour after the Lions cleared up their quarterback's status.
Kelly Stafford, who just gave birth to the couple's fourth child last month, describes the last four days as "somewhat of a nightmare."
"For 24 hours, we believed my husband was positive for COVID," Kelly Stafford wrote on Instagram.