{"id":14145,"date":"2025-07-16T16:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14145\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:23:08","slug":"nfls-jim-kellys-grandson-born-with-unexpected-medical-complications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/14145\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL&#8217;s Jim Kelly&#8217;s Grandson Born with &#8216;Unexpected Medical Complications&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<br \/>\nFormer Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is asking for prayers after sharing that his daughter Erin welcomed a baby who was born with &#8220;unexpected medical complications&#8221; The former professional athlete gave an update on Tuesday, July 15 and said that their newborn grandson was undergoing a medical procedure on Wednesday, July 16Kelly&#8217;s daughter Erin welcomed her first baby with husband Parker<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimkelly1212\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Kelly<\/a>&#8216;s family is going through a difficult time.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The former Buffalo Bills quarterback, 65, posted a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jimkelly1212\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Instagram<\/a> on Monday, July 14, revealing that his daughter Erin had welcomed her first baby, a son, with husband Parker. While Kelly explained that it was a time of &#8220;deep joy&#8221; for their family, it has also &#8220;come with unexpected medical complications.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> At the time, the statement said the family wouldn&#8217;t share additional details, and was relying on their &#8220;faith in God, the strength of their love and the unwavering support of those closest to them&#8221; to get through this tough moment.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> A few days later, on Tuesday, July 15, Kelly shared an update on his grandson, noting that he would be undergoing a procedure on Wednesday, July 16.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_16-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Little Brave Bean&#8217;s procedure is scheduled for 7am tomorrow morning,&#8221; Kelly wrote in his caption of a joint post with his wife, Jill Kelly. &#8220;He is so strong and courageous. And his life has already changed our lives forever.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_18-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Erin and Parker have asked that we do not share his most beautiful name yet with the public, because they still want to announce him to the world,&#8221; they continued. &#8220;And especially to those of you who have been praying fervently for our miracle Bean.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_20-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> They went on to say that they know they aren&#8217;t the only ones watching this &#8220;heart-wrenching situation&#8221; and that they&#8217;re aware life can change &#8220;drastically&#8221; in an instant.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_22-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;We just want you to know that we&#8217;re sharing this because we want to remind you too, that YOU ARE NOT ALONE,&#8221; they concluded the caption.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Back in February, Kelly and his wife first shared that they were going to become grandparents with a post on Instagram. In the carousel of photos, Erin and her husband Parker could be seen holding up a series of sonogram images and smiling.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;We finally get to share the amazing news\u2026we\u2019re going to be GRANDPARENTS \u2764\ufe0f (Insert crying and overwhelming joy and excitement!),&#8221; they wrote in their caption. &#8220;Our firstborn is having her firstborn!!!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_30-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;We love you so much already little baby Bean. \u2764\ufe0f God is AMAZING!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is asking for prayers after sharing that his daughter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-14145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}